Geraldine
McGovern
The Gap,
Brisbane, Qld., Australia
My Gap
Landscape
My handmade wet-felted landscape piece combines my two passions of freeform and
felting. This January, 2010, my physical landscape view contrasted sadly
with the concrete devastation that was Haiti. I live in a north-western
suburb of Brisbane, ‘The Gap’, nestled between mountain ranges where granite
boulders have been quarried for stonework, where clay soils colour the earth
and gum trees display typical Australian grey/greens.
This January, 2010, good rainfall relieved the humid conditions of our
subtropical summer climate and caused the street plantings of Buckinghamia
trees to bloom profusely with masses of white ivory curl flowers. The
local creek overflowed and the grey/greens changed to deeper hues. To me,
the profuse white flowering of the Buckinghamia became a symbol of hope for
Haiti, that a better, stronger country lies ahead. My crochet tree stands
near the creek whilst the winds of change (silk frill) blow through the mountain
gap.
A big thank you to Prudence, my teacher my mentor my friend, for encouraging me
to enter this challenge.
Materials: Merino wool tops; silk tops; hand-dyed silk materials; silk,
mohair and hemp yarns
Description: Handmade (wet) felt with freeform crochet/knitting.
Length 56cm (excl. frill); width 46cm
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