“Spiryrogyra 3: In The Weeds” has been juried in to SAQA’s next virtual Gallery, “Drawn to Lines”, the link to which opens on this page on August 1st. While I never make anything especially for a themed virtual gallery exhibiton, I do like entering anything I already have made that’s suitable for virtual gallery calls, because the pieces themselves don’t need to travel, (at serious expense from here) and no matter where viewers are, they don’t need to travel any further than their computer to see it, either. And, plus, it’s available for purchase or entry elsewhere.
The statement reads: “Wispy and fine, the floating strands of blue green algae wave gently and seductively in the current below the surface, but form a disappointing, unattractive mass when lifted out of the water or deposited on the shore.”
This has been out of sight (and mind) for a while, and looking at it now with some wonderful comments from Instagram viewers ringing in my ears, I’m inspired to use these and some other stitching techniques for the 2.5m wide wall quilt I’ve decided to make for the diningroom wall. It will be landscapey, on a warm sandy colour, using the segmented patchwork strips in deserty colours, of which I have plenty left from the work “Displacement” 2024, that is actually in the currently accessible virtual gallery “Beneath The Surface”
And that’s exactly why we can never throw away those scraps and bits and pieces of prior work…if we loved it originally, it’s likely to inspire further work later! And we cannot create fast enough to use them all up! Love the look of those leftover strips and they should make a wonderful piece for your dining room!
Ah, a kindred soul! I even have scraps from Lorraine Edmonds’ studio cleanout a couple of years ago – many of them screen printed offcuts on gorgeous colours – some of them in these strips. I even have some of Lorraine Edmonds’ scraps from a studio cleanout she did a couple of years ago. She offered them out online, and as I was going to the US I had her to send them to our daughter’s home in NJ. I only ever buy fabrics I LOVE, and am certain that because I love them, they will go well together.