Handwoven
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our connections
acrylic on board
50 x 70cm
The painting began way back in 2000 in an art school class, working on the theme of crucifixion. I'd been brought up in a catholic tradition where suffering was a big theme. At the time, having had enough suffering for a while, I needed very much to reframe what this meant to me. I began by looking at the symbol of the cross from other traditions... including the construction industry :-) the cross is such a strong shape of connection.
Then I saw some work from artist Ngataiharuru Taepa,
a beautiful painted weaving.. where I found the same connection in the weft and warp.. in the strength and flexibility of two lines intersecting. So this work is also a tribute to Ngataiharuru Taepa's painting, which helped me into my own journey of weaving in paint.
the world of the immanent
and the world of the transient
hemispheres
intersecting
horizontal
and vertical
here and
beyond here
self and other
known and unknown
human and divine
we weave
our connections
Weaving on an old loom in Bruges at the old fish market (Vismarkt), where the Sunday Craft Market is held. Fascinating a young audience!
A first in the morning spider-web covered in soft dew. I can't even imagine the time it must've taken to complete these tiny connections in the web.
Here is a little quote I found about a spider-web from Shel Siverstein. I love the poem and will have to research and find out more about the author. But for now....read below, look, and enjoy!
A spider lives inside my head
Who weaves a strange and wondrous web
Of silken threads and silver strings
To catch all sorts of flying things,
Like crumbs of thoughts and bits of smiles
And specks of dried-up tears,
And dust of dreams that catch and cling
For years and years and years....
--Shel Silverstein
I used mirror fx on this huge chunk of unfinished mural. you can see another shot of the building below in the comments.
This is another shot I got from the storms we had last month in January. Taken from Seaford pier, Melbourne, Australia. This one is with the branched lightning weaving through the storm front. Thanks for viewing.
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A collection of beech trees in a strange dance on a spring evening. Taken at Birchen Copse, Woodcote, Oxfordshire.
Another of Niqui's creations this week. She's woven this fabric rainbow from long strips of coloured fabrics. Using an old bit of driftwood from the beach which has been in the garage for years, it is now hanging in our window (see my first comment).
A song for today, to mark D-Day
"It's a ticklish sort of job making a thing for a thing-ummy-bob
Especially when you don't know what it's for
But it's the girl that makes the thing that drills the hole
that holds the spring that works the thing-ummy-bob
that makes the engines roar. And it's the girl that makes the thing that holds the oil
that oils the ring that works the thing-ummy-bob
that's going to win the war."
Im Herzen eines neuen Kulturquartiers zwischen Bocholter Innenstadt und Aasee liegt das Textilwerk mit Weberei und Spinnerei. Die beiden Standorte des Industriemuseums verbindet eine Brücke über den Fluss Aa. In den imposanten Sälen der historischen Spinnerei Herding erhalten Sie spannende Einblicke in historische und moderne Technik, erleben Modegeschichte und aktuelles Design.
The textile factory with weaving mill and spinning mill is located in the heart of a new cultural quarter between Bocholt city center and Lake Aasee. The two locations of the Industrial Museum are connected by a bridge over the River Aa. In the imposing halls of the historic Herding spinning mill, you can gain exciting insights into historic and modern technology, experience the history of fashion and current design.
From today's dog walk. Pretty sure this is a Phormium, though not sure what type.
Nikon Z6, Nikkor 24-70mm f/4 S,
Exposure X5, Silver Efex Pro 2