IRIDESCENT, GLIMMERING
Willow sent me this photo of the finished roof section,it all works and is extremely stable as well as a beautiful shape. The ribbons are iridescent through the sun in the image , and I guess we will make use of the ambient lighting and our own spotlights to recreate this effect at Origin.
I have been writing out the roof ribbons as we are going to pre-weave them on Friday at Willow’s studio. Although they may not be readable from below (though am tempted to keep a telescope in the space) , I think what is written must be meaningful in the context of the work- start as you mean other to go on….So I decided to use the following word groups, written 8 times (one for each roof arm) ;
the senses (sight, hearing, taste etc)
the elements (fire, earth, air etc)what the elements do (eg, wood feeds fire, fire creates earth)
Craft materials (ceramics, book art, glass etc)
Craft forms (vessels, mats, mirrors, neckpieces etc)Textile terms (carding, kilim,selvedge etc)
The idea is that the text of the textile describes the very materials of the space and its surrounding, and – hopefully- attracts more of it to be written about.
I am still working on the specific instructional text for the public, I don't think it’s a question anymore, but a more general 'call to mind', like I did with the loom. Will write more on this later.
