ARTIST’S
STATEMENT
“I adore silk.
Even touching it brings me boundless joy. The cloth makes me work instantly,
in one poetic rapture. One should be honest and noble to work with it
– and then it pays back with spiritual clarity of color… When I paint, color
is like a friend to me. It is real and connects with my feelings. I
start with music and the first lines I put on silk are what decides
what will happen. I work spontaneously without a predetermined plan
with each element of a painting flowing from the previous one. It is
like water or creative energy flowing through me onto the silk. Making these tapestries
is a different expression of my creativity. One day in a museum I was
amazed by the Coptic tapestry and fell in love with this miniature textile
form and found myself unable to stop trying to experiment with this
art form. By working with silk thread, I found I could make them smaller
and smaller. My tapestry expresses for me a kind of distillation of
our world, eliminating the nonessential parts of an idea. I use a small wooden
frame wrapped with thread. Then I weave with needles carrying different
colors. Because it is done with silk thread instead of yarn, it takes
months of intense, focused work to produce each piece.” |
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