Rose Perpetual (2022)
Selected for Wales Contemporary 2022.
This miniature embodies universally relatable themes within a context of life's journey. I offer a poetic examination of memory, identity, nature's rhythms echoing our own, hope.
Symbolic value of rose and book, fluidity and narrative potential of textiles, metaphoric use of gold, subvert the idea of preciousness. Most invaluable treasures are all around us, in the enduring beauty of nature, perpetuity of culture, the work of human hands and within us.
Elena Sparke
Farnham, England