And Gloria Holwerda - Williams Rough Heart of stones, held together by a low
wall of twigs, looks like anything but a heart of stone.
Not exact matches
Two
twigs wrapped around each other find themselves sheathed in a tiny pair
of adapted tights crudely assembled with a metal clamp (Twiggy), whereas two
wall - based sculptures made by casting collapsed balls
of wool in bronze, evoke breast - like forms (Twins).
Her
wall - mounted vitrines, which contain bits
of fluff, dust, hair,
twigs and woollen pom - poms collected from her studio and the street outside, have drawn critical praise - and, predictably enough, a few sarcastic comments from the media.
Ilene Sunshine brings the outdoors in with her use
of twigs and branches and cleverly reimagines the detritus
of found plastic bags in a colorful large scale site specific installation which bisects the gallery space creating a
wall «
of air» and pays homage to and playfully subverts formal concerns
of mid century modernism and color field painting.
The unusual collection
of items, which includes tools, rocks,
twigs, plastic toys and skulls and what look like voodoo dolls, hints at an interest in the occult, which is echoed in the drawings hung on the surrounding
walls.
I switched out a small telescope for a tall, large clear vase with lovely faux maple tree branches with realistic fall leaves and one with acorns... looks so sculptural on a sofa table... I placed a string
of amber fairy lights (on a battery timer) in the base
of the vase... so pretty and cozy looking at night as it illuminates the vase and the
wall behind the arrangement and placed a fall
twig berry swag along my mantle and nestled 3 ceramic pumpkins amongst it.
Through the years I've been guilty
of «buying into» a few
of the more popular trends i.e. ceramic or stone farm animals (often with wired - ribbon bows tied around their necks) 1984, artificial flower arrangements 1980 - something,
twig sprays, hunter green carpet (ugh), faux paint effects on
walls 1990 - something (I never did the sponge painted
walls, but the mottled look mimicking old plaster, I was there!)
With the
wall mural I am working on (more on that later), the woods on the other side
of the window, and the
twig covered drum shade I knew that the classic Canadian icon known as the Hudson Bay blanket would be perfect.