Golden Bear Tapestry Audio Guide
Work 4: Golden Bear Tapestry, 2015
Digitally woven cotton, fabric dye, embroidery | 71 x 53 in.
Concept: I started to use images of my older work to create new ones, welcoming a feedback loop of memory, seeing, and action. I expanded on my language of craft by adding dye and embroidery to continue to open space for interpretation.
Process: I took a photograph of the folded Golden Bear wall sculpture and had the photograph woven into a blanket. Then I painted the white section with pink and yellow fabric dye, embroidering over sections of the pattern with three colors of yarn.
Activity
Writing / Discussion Exercise:
- What kinds of emotions or bodily sensations does this image evoke for you? Why?
- If you had to make up the story that this image tells, what would it be?
- Write a paragraph telling an entirely different story?
- Write a paragraph combining both stories.