Last month the mortuary beetles ate all the feathers on this Yam Totem from Arnhem Land circa 1976,
so I unwound the ochre stained hand plied plant fibre string, froze it for 10 days and buried the inner bark.
Jude Hill is Considering Weave in her What-If Diaries #2 so I started weaving a vessel with the string
then unwove it this morning as it really didn’t feel right
The string needs to lay fallow for awhile & just relax back into being a string
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my goodness mo if that wonderful vessel didnt feel right…i cant wait to see what it will be that does !
it was good to touch the string and get a feel for it but it needs to rest, the ochre surface is fragile
have to agree with previous comment: looked great to me, but you know what you’re doing and what you want, cannot wait to see what you will end up with
I have to give the string time to settle, will keep handling it gently to get the feel for it … felt the stitching was too restrictive it had never been stitched before… it needs more air with room to breathe
Mo, you are the most thoughtful artist I know. Your string has found a good home and in time may or may not become something else.
thanks Carol, yes, it’s beautiful and fragile and just needs to rest for now