"leaf art" FRAMEWORK
Pressed Australian Eucalyptus leaves sewn onto blue Saturn fabric with coloured threads...this is a scene of a tree in fields with the moon rising...framed with leaves...
Nature collage
finished artwork 225 x 225cm square
The second piece
‘Like unto a Tree’
An honouring of the theme of the tree which is used extensively throughout all the Baha’i writings. I am left in total awe at the immense beauty and respect Bahá’u’lláh gives to the tree and to it’s leaves and it’s fruit throughout all of His writings. What an honour, indeed?
The leaves, in this piece of art come from different trees and they unit together to create a frame around a landscape.
A Framework holds it all together, the frame defines boundaries, adds structure and a strength both physically and spiritually.
The land formation framed by the leaves as it’s fertility can only come from its own waste of composting falling leaves, nuts, flowers, and twigs over centuries.
The single ‘leaf tree’ in the framed landscape, in this Leaf Art piece is to show the great importance of the metaphor of Bahá’u’lláh as the Lote-Tree.
The circular leaf rising up over the horizon line is a symbol of a new understanding breaking through like the sun rising early in the morning, piercing a new light into darkness, a new level of awareness and understanding into the minds of humanity.
The rich blue satin that the leaves have been sewn onto is to represent the foundation, the ‘fabric of life’ theme. The fabric of the physical realm is united with the leaf theme and sewn together with colourful threads. The thread is a symbol of the spiritual realm entering into the material realm and uniting. The spirit thread theme holds the two realms together and unites.
The thread sewn around or onto leaves came to me in a dream a few years earlier. All the images I was looking at, in my dream, just had a simple sewn line running down one side or the other.
The rich blue fabric colour is to represent the day light sky. The gold thread has been sewn directly onto the blue fabric to represent the magic of the night sky, full of wonder and beauty.
The importance of the sky theme, in this piece, is to represent air and the critical relationship between it and all of humanity. Human beings and leaves need to breathe. An important connection exists between humanity and the humble leaf that produces that air.
The human and the tree have an invisible relationship, which is so often forgotten or ignored.
"leaf art" FRAMEWORK
Pressed Australian Eucalyptus leaves sewn onto blue Saturn fabric with coloured threads...this is a scene of a tree in fields with the moon rising...framed with leaves...
Nature collage
finished artwork 225 x 225cm square
The second piece
‘Like unto a Tree’
An honouring of the theme of the tree which is used extensively throughout all the Baha’i writings. I am left in total awe at the immense beauty and respect Bahá’u’lláh gives to the tree and to it’s leaves and it’s fruit throughout all of His writings. What an honour, indeed?
The leaves, in this piece of art come from different trees and they unit together to create a frame around a landscape.
A Framework holds it all together, the frame defines boundaries, adds structure and a strength both physically and spiritually.
The land formation framed by the leaves as it’s fertility can only come from its own waste of composting falling leaves, nuts, flowers, and twigs over centuries.
The single ‘leaf tree’ in the framed landscape, in this Leaf Art piece is to show the great importance of the metaphor of Bahá’u’lláh as the Lote-Tree.
The circular leaf rising up over the horizon line is a symbol of a new understanding breaking through like the sun rising early in the morning, piercing a new light into darkness, a new level of awareness and understanding into the minds of humanity.
The rich blue satin that the leaves have been sewn onto is to represent the foundation, the ‘fabric of life’ theme. The fabric of the physical realm is united with the leaf theme and sewn together with colourful threads. The thread is a symbol of the spiritual realm entering into the material realm and uniting. The spirit thread theme holds the two realms together and unites.
The thread sewn around or onto leaves came to me in a dream a few years earlier. All the images I was looking at, in my dream, just had a simple sewn line running down one side or the other.
The rich blue fabric colour is to represent the day light sky. The gold thread has been sewn directly onto the blue fabric to represent the magic of the night sky, full of wonder and beauty.
The importance of the sky theme, in this piece, is to represent air and the critical relationship between it and all of humanity. Human beings and leaves need to breathe. An important connection exists between humanity and the humble leaf that produces that air.
The human and the tree have an invisible relationship, which is so often forgotten or ignored.