FROM RAUME2 IN BERLIN PART OF BERLIN ART WEEK
The horseshoe crab (the shells used here are from the American/Atlantic species: Limulus polyphemus) has been around for 460 million years, dating from the middle Ordovician period. They have remained unchanged to this day, surviving many extinction events, however perhaps the current Anthropocene epoch could be their final demise. The threat of offshore drilling, habitat destruction, their milking of blood for medical applications, and climate change are major stress factors for all life, could we, homo sapiens, creating the next large extinction event, be the straw on the camel's’ back for these creatures who have survived even the earliest of dinosaurs? Growing up with these creatures off the Atlantic coast of South Carolina I have always been fascinated by nature, and the mysteries of life and mystic energies that flow through the universe. Always an avid collector of biological debris and since a young girl a high interest in the unknown, I like to create personal spells in my work calling upon my own spontaneous energy and experimenting with materials and colours. The act of sewing and using yarns into my work releases a sort of calmness and connects me to the pieces in a spiritual way. I feel this act of gathering and creating with emotion ties me to my native American heritage. `
Raume 2, Kopenhagenerstraße 60-68, 13407 Berlin – Reinickendorf (S-Bhf Wilhelmsruh) September 22 – 30, 2018, open 11-17h (Sept 24 & 25 only by appointment)
The horseshoe crab (the shells used here are from the American/Atlantic species: Limulus polyphemus) has been around for 460 million years, dating from the middle Ordovician period. They have remained unchanged to this day, surviving many extinction events, however perhaps the current Anthropocene epoch could be their final demise. The threat of offshore drilling, habitat destruction, their milking of blood for medical applications, and climate change are major stress factors for all life, could we, homo sapiens, creating the next large extinction event, be the straw on the camel's’ back for these creatures who have survived even the earliest of dinosaurs? Growing up with these creatures off the Atlantic coast of South Carolina I have always been fascinated by nature, and the mysteries of life and mystic energies that flow through the universe. Always an avid collector of biological debris and since a young girl a high interest in the unknown, I like to create personal spells in my work calling upon my own spontaneous energy and experimenting with materials and colours. The act of sewing and using yarns into my work releases a sort of calmness and connects me to the pieces in a spiritual way. I feel this act of gathering and creating with emotion ties me to my native American heritage. PIECE SHOWN FROM RAUME2 IN BERLIN (PART OF BERLIN ART WEEK) SEPTEMBER 2018
Horsechecrab Study 2, Horseshoe Crab Shell Natural Guinea Fowl Feathers Oil Thread on Canvas, 40 x 50cm 2018Horsechecrab Study 2, Horseshoe Crab Shell Natural Guinea Fowl Feathers Oil Thread on Canvas, 40 x 50cm
Horseschoe Crab Study 2, Horseshoe Crab Shell, String, Latex, Enamel on Canvas, 50 x 60cm,
Horseschoe Crab Study 4, Horseshoe Crab Shell, String, Latex, Enamel on Canvas, 60 x 70cm
Horseshoe Crab Study 3
Horseshoe Crab Shell Rooster Feathers Yarn String Ink & Enamel on Canvas
50 x 60cm / 19.6 x 23.6"
Horseshoe Crab Study 3
Horseshoe Crab Shell Rooster Feathers Yarn String Ink & Enamel on Canvas
50 x 60cm / 19.6 x 23.6"
Blue Blood Copper Dark,
Horseshoe Crab Shell Oil Enamel Copper Wire and Thread on Canvas
28x36x5" / 71.1x91.4x12.7