Showing posts with label Spirit cloth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spirit cloth. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Fairytale Unfolds




Once upon a time, the pink fingers of the sunrise stroked a sleeping woman and she wakened and whispered, ‘There must be something special about today’. Rising from her bed she heard the mailbox lid closing, and when she peeked inside, there was a package for her from Morahapa Road. Excitedly, she brought the package to her kitchen table, where she removed the envelope and discovered a charming tissue wrapped package with a stitched fabric heart on top, wound together with a fine black and white strand of yarn. “I am your love’, said the heart, ‘and if you follow me, all will be well’. Inside the tissue was a magical cloth that was folded so its rainbow lion was on top to immediately greet the woman. “I am your courage’, he said, ‘and I have come to make sure you always reach for what you want.’ As the woman opened the cloth further, she saw wondrous patterns, textures, shapes and colours; a river, moons and waves. Then the cloth spoke. “No matter what phase the moon is in, my rainbow will lead you to gold; you must only consult the cloth. Follow the ways of the river and you will never get lost. The woman began to sing for joy, knowing she had received the connection to ancient ways, to mystery ways and as she fingered the unfinished edge of the cloth, she knew that all would really and truly be well.
*The spirit cloth called 'Alignment' and heart above were created by Jude Hill and I'm thrilled these beautiful creations of hers have found a new home in mine!


Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Both And



Yesterday I added to this piece but felt unsatisfied with it until I envisioned the circle, which is when it really came together for me, as did the quilting design. It's called 'Both And', and I will enter it in an upcoming juried show at Coast Collective gallery called 'Peace and Conflict' - hopefully it will be among those selected. I will sew the sleeve on today and block it. It's a mandala and speaks to wholeness and how life holds both peace and conflict - external and internal - and somehow we must navigate through it all. I was also thinking about how it's interesting that the crosshairs of a gun have a round view with four quadrants (not that I've ever actually looked through one, but I've seen movies :) That use for this symbol seems counter intuitive, yet destruction is also part of life. I have been to the art show in Sidney recently, where I saw about ten fibre pieces as well as the hundreds of paintings, sculptures and other mediums there. And some other exciting news - I've bought a piece of fibre art - one of Jude Hill's spirit cloths, which I'm excited to see and touch in person, as I really love her work. I notice I have a different feeling for those pieces of mine that I have handstitched and I am going to gather materials to hand sew while on an upcoming brief trip. You can see Jude's work here: http://www.spiritcloth.typepad.com/