July work!
After my last session with Iris on Friday morning these are some of the question and avenues I find myself traversing at the moment after our discussion…she also asked where does your work sit; is it sentimental, Melancholy or Nostalgic? I find it at this time melancholically sentimental…however this is continuously in a state of flux between all three!
July 2020, needle work.
Carrying on from the last blog of ideas, the needle work has taken over this month’s work. Gathering of threads and working with tiny stitches took quite a while. Leaving the needle in almost feels like a full stop in the work; a halt in the process. I’m looking at the weaving work and needle craft of Christopher Duncan and Mark Newport.
July 2020. Gathering and parting! Connecting, disconnecting, to keep moving forward with this is to stop!
July 2020
Pulled thread work, first attempt. What’s left behind; a window! If this idea was to be placed onto the sleeves would it reveal the soul of the work or would it be repapered over to create a previous life? A delicate addition to a restrictive work?
July 2020
Top left is my first attempt at needle lace and filling the void with new work, repairing and creating a new life onto/into an old piece of material. A heart lowering and breathing slowing activity!
July 2020,
A repair to be repaired! When does a repair become more than the garment? What does the constant repair say? Does the repair have to keep with tradition, and can a new language of repair be made, no rules…make your own?
BIG RULES…Bobbin lace experiment from a while back I took on…using time consuming ways to fill the void! A practice with lots of rules and time surrounding its making!
And lastly, my geat grandmother’s adornment of needle lace on a cotton handkerchief! A precious work to me as it shows a slowing down of time, process sequence, spinal memory, continuous practice, patience and persistence……my grandmother grew inside her and my mother on a cellular level, and then me…all three of us are connected not just by the sharing and passing down of a skill, but are always together, especially when I work, their hands are at my back pushing me though the process and they are in front of me…they are my hands!