Stick and Sand, 28×12″
This is my entry for the Surface Design Association member show, Merge and Flow, to be held in conjunction with the SDA Conference. I have been working on it for some time as you know if you have been following me on my FB Fan Page.
I spent a lot of time building layers of fabric, paper, thread, and paint. I knew all along that with a theme of Merge and Flow, the artwork had to be something about the Boundary Waters. But I decided to let the artwork evolve as it desired.
The center of the blue couched spiral is a piece of tissue paper that I printed with one of my hand-cut stamps.As soon as I focused on that I knew where I wanted to go. I printed a photo on silk organza of me crouched on a rock in the Boundary Waters, oblivious to everything, creating a design in the sand all around me with a stick. The design is almost identical to the stamp design that I carved — another one of those too weird to be coincidental moments.
Stick and Sand – detail
I am focusing on ambiguity of late and I like how my head disappears in to the artwork. It may be unclear to most viewers what exactly this artwork is showing. I say, Success!
