Artist’s book ( detail section) – 3D mixed-media constructed assemblage: acrylic, graphite, rice paper, rag paper, linen thread, perspex, canvas, board, timber. Exhibited and sold at Cairns Regional Gallery 2008 – Hidden Treasures Exhibition. (Exhibiting artists by invitation only.) Artist Book in full here → http://www.redbubble.com/people/artropica/works...;
Personally developed archetypal symbols were part of the inspiration for creating Inner Well-Being, with some of their meanings explained as follows:
Blue parallel lines/spatial dark background – signifies various planes/levels of hidden/secret passage; for the inner-life – meditative, space to go within and beyond for contemplation, reflection, privacy, nurturance, quiet-time, quest, soul renewal.
Vessel/s – the well, representing the body, alchemy of polarity energies embodied within our ‘being’, shadows
9 (vessels) – symbol for ‘prayer’; time, cycles, representation of values
Stitching – representing daily spirit activity, time, numbers, pathways
Blue/Gold metallic colours – inner alchemy
Open/Closed 3D object – receptive, passage, journey, transit, hidden, void, consciousness/non-consciousness states.
Wow! This is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo nice! I think I was drawn to the 3D aspect first… then swallowed up by the content! Awesome work!
8 ) Thanks so much Angela. A real pleasure to read your awesome comment. Thanks for the fav too. 8 ))))
A beautiful piece of work kerryn, love this x Butterflies come to mind :)
Hi Linda, thanks. Yes, I can see a resemblance. 8 ) Indeed, one could flap those stitched paper sides like butterfly wings … 8 )
I originally was going to plant an actual small 3D fibre vessel, same shape, in here but by the time I had painted/stressed the timber outer box edges, the brown vessel colour looked too much. So I then substituted with the blue paper shape instead, which sits raised on a small rectangular piece of clear perspex. I need to attempt another artist book box work with the actual 3D banana fibre vessel inside from the start I think!
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We would be delighted if you would join us at IKONesque … we would be so pleased to share your symbolism and thoughts as expressed here!
I would be delighted to join, thanks for the invite ‘mmargot’
– Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch
And thanks for the fav too. 8 )
– Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch
Awesome. Thankyou ‘RobynLee’ for the feature in Collage with Traditional Mediums.
(5.01.2012)
– Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch
Wow! This is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo nice! I think I was drawn to the 3D aspect first… then swallowed up by the content! Awesome work!
8 ) Thanks so much Angela. A real pleasure to read your awesome comment.
Thanks for the fav too. 8 ))))
– Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US at IKONesque!
A beautiful piece of work kerryn, love this x Butterflies come to mind :)
Hi Linda, thanks. Yes, I can see a resemblance. 8 ) Indeed, one could flap those stitched paper sides like butterfly wings … 8 )
I originally was going to plant an actual small 3D fibre vessel, same shape, in here but by the time I had painted/stressed the timber outer box edges, the brown vessel colour looked too much. So I then substituted with the blue paper shape instead, which sits raised on a small rectangular piece of clear perspex. I need to attempt another artist book box work with the actual 3D banana fibre vessel inside from the start I think!
– Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch
24 January 2012
Thanks so much for the feature mmorgot.
– Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch