by elena sparke
Natural Silk, Natural Dyes, Bees Wax, 23 ct Genuine Gold Leaf, Stainless Steel Wire, Hand-gilded Rose Thorns, Hand-resist, Hand-stitch. Antique Gold Thread and Bobbin, Original Poetry. Handmade.
h: 20 w: 20 d: 20 (cms).
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. Informed by life experiences and private histories, ‘Rose Perpetual’ desires to distil artist’s voice into universally relatable narrative placed within a wider context of human journeys through life. Resulting artist book textile sculpture examines power of memory, identity, rhythms of nature echoing our own, connection to ancestral knowledge and, above all, - hope.
£3500 (As exhibited.)
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