My first favourite piece at the exhibition was a hand woven tapestry titled "Robbing Peter" by Shelly Goldsmith. She states "...Use of reclaimed garments has been a major element of the work..." She had taken a small child's dress, the threads had been unwoven to create holes and rewoven into the fabric elsewhere. This created distortions or 'overflows' of thread, referencing the cyclical nature of water, the interconnected and interrelated nature of things.
My second favourite piece was a light installation titled "Reflective Surface" by Helena Hietanen. She states "Light for me is like a sculptural material and I use it in many ways depending on the artwork or situation." This piece had been put together using optical fibre, steel, plastic yarn and light projectors. Her work is concerned with the mapping of space, also a highly personal narrative of connection between the artist and light. The optical fibres in this case had been woven by a technician on a specially developed hydraulic loom.
There was a nice variety of different artists work at the Cloth and Culture exhibition. I noticed that each piece was very much different from the other making it interesting and versatile. The exhibition however was quite small spread over two floors.
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