by polly kelsall
Hand woven textile (Harris wool), dried peat on paper, pin, wood and tacks
h: 52 w: 28 (cms).
LandUse 2
The handwoven textile is woven in Bristol using Harris wool. The wool provides the distinctive Harris landscape colours along with it's texture and smell creating an individual piece of fabric.
Small quantities of gloopy peat are collected from various peatbanks worked by family members and used to create expressive marks on paper once I am back in Bristol. The peat is applied wet and dries out - the final effect is a rich brown, textured expressive mark.
The rapid peat markings on the time consuming woven piece creates a piece with contrasts that evokes Harris and it's various landuses.
LandUse 2 is personal but it is also way bigger that that. It is about time and place, it is about the environment local and global, it is about the impacts that humans have on the landscape.
£250 (As exhibited.)
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