Weaving Under the Influence

I found my voice and my footing in my small work. It enabled me to build bridges between art, design, architecture, and decorative arts.”     Sheila Hicks, the fiber artist, posted about here in November '06, continues to have major influence on life in my space.  When Ron joined me on a second visit to her show at the Bard Gallery, he was completely enamoured by her work--and its size.

That was a particular surprise, since he'd been drawn in the past to making large, very large objects.  Most memorably, in the 1960s, an imposing coffee table with slate top that challenged us at each household move.  We left it in Baltimore.  Before I knew what had happened, he'd built a small tapestry frame, began experimenting.

Next, the extravgantly beautiful and image-filled catalogue from Hicks' exhibition became his favorite book.  Here it is, turned on its side (over two inches wide)with his paper bookmarks protruding to indicate those small weavings that particularly speak to him.  His fascination with color, texture please him greatly. Perhaps it's unintended consequences of women's influence--his seamstress mother, my years of knitting, Hicks' imaginative leaps.  Whatever--it has all come together in a creative life especially pleasing for its unexpectedness.   

                                                                                                                              

Comments

[sahara]

AW MAN! When was her show? I'm a HUGE fan of Sheila Hicks, she left such a profound impression upon me when I was weaving, that I tried to find a way to incorporate weaving into my knitting.