Carol Cooke Australia
During my stay at the residency I formulated the desire to respond to the people of Blรถnduรณs and Iceland, rather than the landscape. Which was full of drama, light and wild beauty. But to know a country, you need to understand the people. My response was about the stories I was told from the old Vatnsdaela Saga to the modern day Viking, many of who I met at the local hotpot. While sewing at the saga table, I also got to know my supervisors and share quiet time with them most afternoons. Our exchanges about life, thoughts and ideas were all part of the whole experience, which I tried to capture in my stitch journals. Sharing stories of new and old was the basis for my embroidered works. Fragments of a countries history and a beginning of understanding of the past and the present.
She Sits Stitching 30 x 20 cm embroidered cotton embroidery photo by Carol Cooke
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