You may be thinking that I haven't done much artwork, but this last textile piece has taken a while - not so much in the making time, but in the having confidence to try it time! Anyway once it was all cut and pinned, after some initial stitching the fun bits began.
The piece is inspired by the coastline of County Sligo in northwestern Ireland. I was lucky enough to be able to use very high-definition drone photographs from a scientific paper: Sedimentology and geomorphology of tufa barrages on rock shore platforms by Thomas W Garner, J. Andrew Cooper and Alan Smith.
The paper focuses on the structures and shapes of tufa on a rocky shore platform. These are formed, in very simple terms, by water from the land, that is carrying calcium carbonate, seeping across the shore platform. As the water slows down it deposits the calcium carbonate, in the form of Tufa, in a range of formations. The shapes of these cascades and barrages are influenced by a range of factors that are addressed by the paper.
The piece was made from hand-dyed and gelli printed, layered fabrics that are machine and hand stitched, as well as having some paint added to them.
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