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.
Thursday, 30 December 2010
New Work On The Way
It takes me an hour and a half to get to the studio...as I'm not a driver, I have to get two busses, and then there is a 3/4 mile walk each way, but when I get into my room, it is like entering another world...all my things are around me, and there is the space to play, think and create without the distractions I would have at home. I have now realised how impotant it is to be able to have all the things that inspire me, on show, and to be able to take time to start new work, and just leave it...in the early stages to see if it is right.
So at the moment I have the beginnings of a new body of work pinned on the dress stands, and laying on one of the tables...and filling my thoughts as usual:
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