Deep Spaces Show Postcard
One of my textile paintings, Along the Way, is included in the “Deep Spaces” exhibit which opened this week at the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in Tillamook, OR.
"Along the Way" (detail) ©Ayn Hanna, 45"x18", Textile Painting
The Curator/Juror of the show, Larkin Jean Van Horn, has assembled 50 artworks, and created a stunning catalog of the exhibit, available for purchase with all proceeds going to support Doctors without Borders.
Deep Spaces
From the show’s catalog:
Curator Larkin Jean Van Horn selected the theme “Deep Spaces” following a conversation with friends about the limits of space and the photography from the Hubble telescope. While it was clear that textile art dealing with the cosmos would be an appealing exhibit, the title implied so much more. Artists interested in participating in the exhibit were encouraged to interpret the theme in any manner that suited them, and the entries were outstanding.
The artists went deep into space, deep underground, deep under water, deep into the woods, canyons, and prairies, and deep into the mysteries of the heart. Each artist worked in her own style, whether photorealism or pure abstraction or something in between. Holding all this wide variety together is a common size: 18 inches wide by 45 inches long.
The Making of Along the Way
This piece is the second in a series of discharged wholecloth black cotton fabric textile paintings. Making marks by using various drawing techniques to apply color removal agents, these artworks evolve intuitively, through quiet meditative drawing and wordless conversation with the work itself. This way of working aligned nicely with the theme of this exhibit, giving me good opportunity to spend some much needed creative meditative time going inward to the deep spaces within.
"Along the Way" ©Ayn Hanna, 45"x18", Textile Painting
I began by drawing with discharge paste, which after steamed to remove the color, created the “lighter/white” areas. Next I drew with a bleach pen, which created the orange marks. Once the drawing was finished, I quilted this top layer together with batting and a backing layer of fabric on my long arm quilting machine.
My artist’s statement for Along the Way
An inward journey, intuitive drawing, mapping of a mind, lost in thought, problem-solving, the time ticks away.
"Along the Way" (detail) ©Ayn Hanna, 45"x18", Textile Painting
Deep Spaces Exhibit Logistics
Latimer Quilt and Textile Center, Tillamook, OR – Sept 5 through Nov 6, 2011.
Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Huntsville, TX – Jan 10 through March 12, 2012.
LaConner Quilt and Textile Museum, LaConner, WA – March 28 through June 24, 2012
