Hope Emerging
Hope Emerging is about the despair I feel at different cultures and religions suffering in conflict. It drives me to convey important messages of empathy, unity and hope emerging from the pain.
The coloured yarns provide a metaphor to show the transformation from the blood spilt and pain of suffering through graduated tones to ivory conveying hope. I use knotting expressing tension, wrapped bundles conveying unity, cages suggesting protection and bud shapes expressing hope.
Hanging knitted strips transform from blood coloured knots to a cascade of ivory shibori. Materials: mixed yarns, mixed fabrics, wire, wool tops, pva, metal ring 250cm x 150cm
Bundles of wrapped yarn lengths tied together in unity. Materials: mixed yarns, mixed fabric, wire, pva 65cm x 30cm
A cascade of Ivory wrapped lengths emerge from Knots of blood red. Materials: mixed yarn, mixed fabric, wire, nails, pva w35cm x d 25cm x h60cm
Hand dyed machine knitted lengths knotted and shibori felted. Materials: felting wool, pva, acrylic paint, nail-varnish 140cm x 28cm
Tension balls of blood coloured yarn wrapped lengths, knotted and pierced with nails sit inside ivory yarn wrapped cages. Materials: mixed yarns, mixed fabric strips, wire, polystyrene balls, nails, acrylic paint, pva 120cm x 25cm
Blood coloured Yarn wrapped lengths knotted and bound together in bundles graduating into ivory hope buds. This piece was designed and made for St.Marys Church in Purley-on-Thames, Berkshire and was on display along with Harmony 2 in Nov/Dec 2017 coinciding with Remembrance Day as a memorial to all who suffered. Materials: mixed yarns, mixed fabrics, wire, pva glue h130cm x w30cm
A cluster of blood coloured knotted wrapped lengths transform into a cocoon of looping ivory wrapped lengths and hope buds. This piece was designed and made for St.Marys Church in Purley-on-Thames, Berkshire and was on display along with Harmony 1 in Nov/Dec 2017 coinciding with Remembrance Day as a memorial to all who suffered. Materials: mixed yarns, mixed fabrics, wire, pva glue w55cm x d 45cm x h 20cm
A swathe of ivory wrapped lengths with hope buds emerge from a tension ball of blood coloured wrapped lengths, knotted nd pierced with nails. Materials: mixed yarns, mixed fabrics, wire, nails, acrylic paint, polystyrene ball, pva glue w30cm x d40cm x h30-50cm
A tension ball of blood coloured wrapped lengths, knotted and pierced with nails sits inside an ivory cage and a cascade of ivory wrapped lengths. Materials: mixed yarns, mixed fabrics, wire, nails, acrylic paint, polystyrene ball, pva glue w150-200cm x h100cm