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1. Seven Panel Spatial Divide. 2. 'Implanted Hope' Sculpture 3. Seaweed works.
Jan Bowman Woven Designs
Coldingham, Scotland
Individual panel size: 30cm wide x 136cm long (total width 210 cm). The divide is semi-transparent and double sided. The front is woven using reed and enamelled copper, with angled enamelled copper pleats to represent the flight of the birds. Black, grey, silver, blue and green tones move across the surface. The reverse is chenille and soft textured yarns offering a much gentler atmosphere, with greys and white tones predominating. The piece represents the hope of the new day and a new beginning as the birds leave their roost few by few to join the vast space and freedom of the sky.
Woven wall piece. Materials: Silk, lurex and seaweed. Size: 30cm x 30cm. 50cm x 50cm framed.
I felt the need to create ‘Implanted Hope’ following the death of my husband Dave. The process of making the sculpture helped lead me through the intense grief I was experiencing. The form of the piece is inspired by the collective movement of starling murmurations, representing the security and consensus of Dave and mines friendship. The starlings’ ephemeral dance becomes restricted as they fold and condense into the roost, here driftwood, echoing the darkness of my anguish as his illness progressed. Dawn breaks; the birds leave their roost to join the freedom of the sky, the hope of new day. Height:148cm.
Four piece woven textile installation.
Header Images
1. Seven Panel Spatial Divide. 2. 'Implanted Hope' Sculpture 3. Seaweed works.
Jan Bowman Woven Designs
Coldingham, Scotland
Individual panel size: 30cm wide x 136cm long (total width 210 cm). The divide is semi-transparent and double sided. The front is woven using reed and enamelled copper, with angled enamelled copper pleats to represent the flight of the birds. Black, grey, silver, blue and green tones move across the surface. The reverse is chenille and soft textured yarns offering a much gentler atmosphere, with greys and white tones predominating. The piece represents the hope of the new day and a new beginning as the birds leave their roost few by few to join the vast space and freedom of the sky.
I felt the need to create ‘Implanted Hope’ following the death of my husband Dave. The process of making the sculpture helped lead me through the intense grief I was experiencing. The form of the piece is inspired by the collective movement of starling murmurations, representing the security and consensus of Dave and mines friendship. The starlings’ ephemeral dance becomes restricted as they fold and condense into the roost, here driftwood, echoing the darkness of my anguish as his illness progressed. Dawn breaks; the birds leave their roost to join the freedom of the sky, the hope of new day. Height:148cm.
Woven wall piece. Materials: Silk, lurex and seaweed. Size: 30cm x 30cm. 50cm x 50cm framed.
Four piece woven textile installation.
