Wild Indonesian Silk Cocoon Detail
A random creative spark over the weekend has ignited my need to resume work on one of my large scale installation projects. I have been sewing together Indonesian Silk Cocoons for the last few days like a mad woman-Balancing the fine line between Creative & Crazy!!!?! (A more specific rant about this particular art idea can be found in the recesses of this blog.) I find myself at the point in the project where the initial idea has solidified and now it is just a matter of work to bring the piece into being. Work, work...and more work! I often find myself in a meditative state while working creatively-I have adapted a really repetitive method-many small pieces brought together to make a whole of sorts. Luminous gold cocoons sewn together into small boxes-illuminated from within-I hope to fill a gallery space with them at some point.
(The idea is still evolving...)
I am in complete awe of these gorgeous wild silk cocoons-love working with them. New ideas are beginning to take root within me for future projects. I have decided to use the blog as a visual sketchbook of sorts to work out a few of the ideas that are keeping me up at night. I can't draw to save my life so I've been hunting for online images that illustrate my thoughts. This reminds me of the many hours I spent, in my teens, cutting pictures out of magazines for use in collages. (I apologize upfront to the owners of the images-I will do my best to play by the rules and include a link to the original sources that can be accessed by clicking the 'x' beneath the image.) The ideas are very loose at this point-there is much shifting and evolving.
I'm playing with the idea of creating several life sized (6' x 6' squared?) cocoon boxes using the same method of sewing together the individual cocoons to form the larger structure. Within each will be a small table & chair and a light source. The first life sized cocoon enclosed space will contain antique glass apothecary jars filled with different seeds and roots. (maybe soil.) A single sprout will grow from a pile of soil on the table-water & soil will stain the table and run off onto the floor. (perhaps an old worn threadbare persian rug on the floor-cut to fit the space.) Baskets of roots and broken terra cotta pots...antique gardening tools? I see the space alive with white moths or small song birds. (Now, before PETA is sent out after me-this idea exists strictly in the realm of my imagination.)
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More to come...
