Flourishing: weaving art piece

This original weaving art piece, entitled ‘Flourishing is a hand made one off circular weave, made from wool and felt. This weaving art piece is part of a window exhibition for Kinsale Arts Weekend 2023. The exhibition was entitled ‘Breaking the Surface: The Potential for New Beginnings’. This circular weaving art piece was the fourth in this series of 4 pieces.

The Story:

Eventually, ‘Flourishing’ captured the complete expression of this new formation. Despite coming from a place that seemed so impossible, so utterly destroyed, it allowed the natural forces to shape and mould it. Without prescription or plan, it surrendered to a knowing much greater than itself, and bowed with humility to much more than self. Death creates life, heartache mends to allow for a greater love.

The Background:

We are coastal people, we live by the tides.

We are enveloped by ongoing destruction and creation, the infinite relationship between land and sea. The ocean appears relentless as her waves crash of our shores, yet the earth responds with the formation of new islands or shifting plates. Is it a battle where the greatest wins or an interdependence of a delicately balanced dance? For Kinsale Arts Weekend 2023 I consider the natural environment around us and how it teaches us about our own stories, our own lives.

I contemplated this eternal phenomenon when I moved into making. Each piece was created in an order, a unique reflection on how our lives, our stories are often moved by these similar forces. We are continually created, forming new experiences and relationships. We are also continually destroyed, the breaking of bonds and situations. We attempt to gather or gain some control, yet realise that the forces around us are too great. We learn to surrender, we learn to accept. We are shaped by grief, we are moulded by joy.

Year: 2023

Material: Wool/Acrylic blend

Dimensions: 48cm sq.