Hanging Forms woven from ivy
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| Woven Form in Studio |
I
took the technique of weaving with vegetation and created a piece woven
with strands of ivy, a hanging form, spherical, suggestive of an organic
construction; like the Stefani it holds a space within it, but this is now inside
the form. What is inside? the viewer might ask, what might emerge from this object?
Womb-like, it suggests a nest, or a home for an unknown creature. It could
almost be a found object, discovered in a dense forest, rather than made by
human hand.
As
I pull and wind the ivy, I struggle to make it secure, my engagement with this
material is quite muscular; I'm fighting with its limitations. The leaves that
looked so attractive hanging from the oval frame of the Stefani are here a
hindrance, getting in the way of my progress.
I push them inside the form itself… and in so doing discover a way to
control the strands and make perfectly regulated coils. The seemingly fragile
stems of the leaves hold the woody strands of ivy in place, and as they dry
they become the warp that holds the weft together, exemplifying a
contradiction, a surprisingly delicate strength.
Detail of weaving
Process of decay
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