Thursday, February 21, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
"I WANT TO LOOK OUT ONE MORE TIME"
January's piece is called "I want to look out one more time" and is inspired by items found on Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA one cold Sunday afternoon. I went to the beach with no grand plan other than to pick up items that were not natural - things not normally found on a beach like shells or stones. I found the green net sacking which looked like it had once held vegetables or wood, lots and lots of plastic "rope" from buoys or boats and in one spot, the remains of celebratory balloons complete with streamers. I expect that the balloons were left over from New Year celebrations - perhaps a group of people had rented one of the summer homes during the holiday and counted in the New Year of 2013 on the beach. I was drawn to create something woven for January partly because I'm drawn to fibres and sewing and it felt very natural for me to create a piece like this and partly because with a new Presidency underway it felt appropriate to weave and unravel the different strands of our complex world. I thought of the balloon-revellers on the beach, hopeful for the new year and the wistful remarks of a President who wanted to indulge the simple urge to look out one more time.
January's piece is called "I want to look out one more time" and is inspired by items found on Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA one cold Sunday afternoon. I went to the beach with no grand plan other than to pick up items that were not natural - things not normally found on a beach like shells or stones. I found the green net sacking which looked like it had once held vegetables or wood, lots and lots of plastic "rope" from buoys or boats and in one spot, the remains of celebratory balloons complete with streamers. I expect that the balloons were left over from New Year celebrations - perhaps a group of people had rented one of the summer homes during the holiday and counted in the New Year of 2013 on the beach. I was drawn to create something woven for January partly because I'm drawn to fibres and sewing and it felt very natural for me to create a piece like this and partly because with a new Presidency underway it felt appropriate to weave and unravel the different strands of our complex world. I thought of the balloon-revellers on the beach, hopeful for the new year and the wistful remarks of a President who wanted to indulge the simple urge to look out one more time.
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