Passing through, passing by (2023)
Handtufted tapestry, Axminster yarn and canvas
185 x 140 x 3 cm
They have gathered by the seashore. Together they witness her life line sail away over the sky - streaming pink before she disappeared behind the horison.
After, they watched as the waves licked clean what was left behind. When the tide drew back they carried the remains together, to the last embrace.
In the background of this scene, cells are growing for a new life. A hand is reaching out in front of it. Out of the hand a red line extends and finds its way to the growing cells. It leaves a part of itself with the new life before moving on, away.
Life lines that cross and life lines which travel on parallell paths without meeting. The ones who are left behind and a hope that the ones who miss each other in the Earthly life meet somewhere along the way beyond our reality.
Rib-like shapes frame the imagery to anchor the narrative back into the physical and emotional body. In the gut, the mind and the heart.
After, they watched as the waves licked clean what was left behind. When the tide drew back they carried the remains together, to the last embrace.
In the background of this scene, cells are growing for a new life. A hand is reaching out in front of it. Out of the hand a red line extends and finds its way to the growing cells. It leaves a part of itself with the new life before moving on, away.
Life lines that cross and life lines which travel on parallell paths without meeting. The ones who are left behind and a hope that the ones who miss each other in the Earthly life meet somewhere along the way beyond our reality.
Rib-like shapes frame the imagery to anchor the narrative back into the physical and emotional body. In the gut, the mind and the heart.