Resilience @ Craft Council of BC

I am excited to present this installation, Resilience, at the Craft Council of British Columbia’s gallery on Granville Island, in Vancouver next week. It’s been a tremendous process creating all of these individual pieces to be presented as a whole, working in wood, clay, and felt. 

Resilience

Opening October 15- 6-8pm
October 15-November 26, 2019
Craft Council of British Columbia
1386 Cartwright Street
Granville Island, Vancouver, BC

Resilience speaks to the nurturing of our inner strengths through times of crisis. Finding a path to access our interior coals and blowing gently over them, fueling our plasticity ability to move forward.

Materiality is key here- charred wood, natural ink, felted paper, ceramics. Common materials transformed through extreme challenge but emerging stronger for the experience. These materials are combined in wall tiles with bold contrasts in values and textures. The simple forms hold potential, commitment, boundaries and strength.

The installation is made up of over 140 blocks or wall tiles. The abstract patterning in the blocks begins in a unified arrangement. Throughout the exhibition, small shifts in positioning of the pieces will reflect life transitions; flowing, abrupt, jarring, activating. These changes and shifts are unforeseen and undirected, but the installation maintains its visual integrity. 

These pieces are made with burnt BC fir-offcuts from local building sites, soot based inks made from forest fire burnt trees, clay, wool fibre and mulberry paper. 

This work emerged from observing the burnt forests in British Columbia and Australia. Nature and humanity share this trait- In the face of adversity we are both resilient.

 

2019-10-12T20:24:38+00:00

3 Comments

  1. Janet Tulloch October 15, 2019 at 3:55 pm

    Congrats Fiona. Your work continues to challenge our notion of what is a fibre? It also pushes against the division of art-making into (fine) art and (fine) craft. It is visual, conceptual, experiential and sensory.

    I hope I have a chance to see it in person in the future.

  2. Sue Sacchero October 15, 2019 at 7:35 am

    Good luck with the exhibition.It is a pity to miss it.I hope you will be able to post photos at a later date.Cheers Sue and the Safety Bay Spinners

  3. Trish Malanaphy October 12, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    Life evolves we are so lucky to have the opportunity to be able to see these things clearly. For me one of my favourite quotes is from Jay Shetty.
    When you learn a little, you feel you know a lot, but when you learn a lot you realize you know very little.
    Your work is stunning .
    Trish Malanaphy