A textile wall-hanging piece designed and hooked by Jane M. Mason. Inspired by the conflicting pull of competing forces in our lives, it suggests: our competing messages about health; competing priorities about how to spend our time; competing messages about whether we should we spend or save our financial resources.
So many questions. So much uncertainty and fluidity.
The color scheme is: blues, shades and values of blues, and whites. It is evocative of water and the back and forth pull of the forces in water.
The unevenness of the surface of the textile art is a distinctive character of textile pieces that I create. It is one of the desired qualities indicating my style of my hand-hooked pieces. In this rug there are four "quillies." This is a technique similar to paper curling. Here I curl a strip of rug wool and apply these little curled circles of wool to the surface of the textile. It gives additional surface interest.
The second photo shows the work in progress. You can see that I had originally planned for five triangular shapes on the piece. As I progressed, I changed my mind. It happens! :-)
My textile pieces are handmade and show the "hand of the artist."
This piece was exhibited in the Fine Art of Fiber Exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden. One image shows two friends of mine next to the piece in the exhibit.
Art Details...
- Dimensions: W22" x H 16"
- Year completed: 2022
- Media: Hooked on linen
- Packaging: Bound edge
- Genre: Abstract
- Key Colors: Blues and white
- Materials: Wool, linen, wool yarn, recycled sari silk, eyelash yarn
- Signature: Fiber label on back.
- Purpose: Hooked as a piece of art for a wall. Ready to hang.
