I don’t have any photos of the beginning of this piece, but I can tell I did not have this end in mind. But, here is a video of the very start.
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After I decided to use an old map to tear up, I was thinking of amap of life. Then when I was doing the needlepoint it looked like Morse code, so I decided to sew in words that have to do with living life. I finished the 5 Strips and there it sat for a couple of months. I was in a rut, I didn’t create.
While we were packing for the move, I packed in the strips along with some supplies. Then we moved and then I was so moved to create again.
I needed something for structure and to represent the steady stuff, the structure of our lives. Wood was the strength needed and pink was the perfect amount of innocence and love.
I used floss because it has 6 threads that brings it together to be. No one stands on their own.
Ok, and I had plenty of it.
The art piece told me what to do with the hanging floss as soon as I held it up. All the hanging floss had to be connected to each other. Some webs may look chaotic, but there is a method in the madness. Life looks a mess, but maybe that is as it should be.
Thank you for visiting My Gnome Little World.
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