2023-Renee Bova

 

Renee Bova

The Garden Wall

When starting this challenge I decided to work in small scrumbles.  After being dissatisfied with the aesthetic, I disassembled the pieces and the shapes brought to mind shapes in nature.  Flower Petals, fungi, even a bird, and stems.  I then connected small pieces together, added additional color pieces, beads, buttons, chain stitched random vines.

All pieces are freeform, no direction no patterns.

 

2022 Renee Bova

 Renee Bova

Much of Art Nouveau consists of repetitive curves, lines, circles and curls, using freeform crochet methods presented a challenge for this piece. In keeping with the aesthetics of Art Nouveau architecture, this work required the detail to be narrow and smaller than in my past freeform work. The flowers, vase, and dimensional wrought iron are all made in a freeform method without any pattern or written direction, but needed finesse to stay within the Art Nouveau atheistic.

            

2015 Renee Bova

Renee Bova

Sargasso Sea, 2015

The Sargasso Sea is located in the Volta do mar .( North Atlantic Gyre) It has no shore, it is 2000 x 700 miles of Sargassum, and is bounded on all sides by ocean current. The waters in the Sargasso Sea are known for their deep blue color and exceptional clarity.

Silk boucle, wool blend fiber, over 1000 glass beads

36 x 20 inches

Here is a small insert of my piece showing beaded detail. 
These beads represent the thousands of tiny pods that keep the Sargasso Sea afloat!

2013 Renee Bova

Renee Bova

After reading about the Impassable Woods in Colin Meloy's Wildwood Book series, I was intrigued to learn that the setting was based upon the life locale of Forest Park, Oregon.  After a great deal of exploration, this landscape was the inspiration for my piece.