OF FIBRE AND LIFE... Bits and pieces of cloth sewn or glued together curtain the world. Bits and pieces of knowledge skillfully intertwined make up the study of history. Every civilization has this tradition of squirreling away precious fragments untill they are needed to create a whole. Works of art,especially in the 20th century are often nothing more than ordered fragmentations- with each fragment carrying it's own cultural load.
Saturday, 30 April 2011
Nearly There and Bird Song
I have been doing the boring and painful job of hand sewing bits of Velcro to the tabs of the wall hangings.
My own fault, in complicating things, as they are all to be hung from unconventional pieces of wood, so I had to be inventive!....I now have very sore fingers!
I've also altered one of the smaller pieces that has troubled me for ages....funny how one can know something is wrong, but not see what it is... sometimes for ages...here is a detail from "Bird Song":
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