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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