Tuesday 17 August 2010

The Breath of the Spider

I’m working hard preparing for a one man show this September. It'll be a mix of new and revisited silk paper cuts made over the last year or two. It'll include the largest cut I've ever done.

Between the yells and screams of doubt, frustration and cut fingers there are times when I think I’m onto something such as this piece (Click on it to get a better view).

I’ve been working on it for over a year. It’s provisionally called ‘Spider Breath’ (I know spiders don’t really breath like you or I but in my world they do!). This spider breaths and the sudden exhalation of air causes a domino effect of events that creates this silk cut world shown here.

I’ve layered coloured silk to create an exaggerated sense of depth to the work.

There’s a whole ecosystem here. From the roots of palnts…

To a gushing stream…

To the numerous ‘beasties’ that inhabit this place…

And the clouds and rain that bring life…

3 comments:

Patrick said...

Wow, that's amazing and beautiful. I love the interaction of the different layers and colors, and how they create a world for the lil' spider. Will this be illuminated too?

ps: Your link to a bigger image is broken.

Tim Budden said...

Sorry. Bigger pic links doesn't seem to work for any of the pics. I'm not clever enough to know what to do!

Mike Hemsley said...

Can't wait for the opening!