Monday 14 February 2022

More miniature Tansa textiles

 

This time I’m looking at four of the miniature textile works from the Tansa exhibition expressed in spherical form. The image above is ‘Embedded’ by Dawn Thorne www.dawnthorne.uk , a multi-layered open vessel containing a solid core of memories reflecting the intimate relationship between the acts of holding, engaging and exploring.

Jennifa Chowdhury www.jennifachowdhury.com also uses a spherical form enclosing a core in ‘Abhyantara’ to symbolise life, unity and diversity. Inspired by the Japanese concept of ‘Ma’, the space within which we exist, this work embodies the unoccupied space – energy filled with possibilities.

‘Fates’ by Gail Baxter @gailbaxterlace was inspired by the rows of o-mikuji, the predictions of fortunes for the coming year, at the Toyokawa Inari shrine in Tokyo. These rows of knotted papers are presented in a sphere to reference the balls and spherical jewels held by the Kitsune statues at this shrine.

‘The memory catcher’ by Paula Reason www.paulareason.com  is a hand embroidered pebble of recollections that connects the past to the present and takes its spherical form from Japanese Temari thread balls.

The exhibition Tansa – Japanese threads of influence runs until 26 March at the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, and then travels to Gallery Gallery in Kyoto

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