On Saturday Kristofer and I drove out to my parent’s land near Delia, Alberta. It was a welcome escape from the city and an opportunity for me to set up a maquette for a series of large textile sculptures I have planned for the site.
Air over land will be a monumental series of sculptures in linen and wool. Open to the elements the work will be changed and eventually consumed by them. The landscape of the prairies is both beautiful and isolating.
My love for the prairie landscape drives this work. I will post more when it begins in earnest later this fall, but for now will share these oddly evocative images of a few filmy cotton ghosts floating on the air.
I must give thanks to artist Elis Vermeulen for inspiring me to get going on a project I have had in mind for some time now. Elis is a felt artist who has followed her own love of the land creating large felt works in nature she calls Global Burrows in different parts of the world. By example, she has shown me that if you want to make something you should go ahead and see what happens. (Thank you my friend!)
More images of this work will be placed on my website soon.
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Mackenzie
Stunning and thought provoking and inspiring.
Happy Summer
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