These works were created in 2007 as early experiments using wool fibers as a drawing medium. The wool is poked through the paper, rather than adhered to it (I do needle felting, after all, so a sharp implement and repetitive labor is always pesent).I like birds-- they are elegant in the large view, but rather grotesque in certain details. I am a particular fan of pigeons and other doves, because they are considered by some to be equivalent to flying rats, yet they are also bred for a wide variety of characteristics like no other domestic creature. The subject of birds also somehow fits the airy yet hard-lined possibilities of 'drawing' with wool. First you will see 'Damask' pieces, with bird forms set within wallpaper-like designs, then studies of real birds, and finally gestural studies focusing on the legs and feet.
More to come, perhaps soon.
-August 2011
