Mixed materials weaving in a riot of joyful and bold color. Found fabrics and cotton rope interplay in this abstract piece that relates spirit, vibrancy, and a sense of power. Fibers include wool, felted wool, recycled cotton rope, linen and cotton fabrics, denim. Secured to a wooden dowel and ready to hang.
Overall dimensions are 23"w x 32"l.
The woman I have been
or embodied
unspeakable,
these years of carrying on;
of steel and a soft shattered thing
running in the dawn alone
listening to evening below
a window open wide
the world I had before mothering
all the days of that violet glow
counting them off on fingertips
mine, mine, mine.
Words ©Laura Wasserman, 2022.