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Rebecca Taylor

Seek | rust, embroidery on hide

Littoral (detail)

Natural materials are very important to my artistic practice. The Earth and her materials have always inspired me to create, through her colors and forms. I recently decided to use the natural material of my ancestor’s, hides, to depict my inspiration of the natural world. While working with the hides and discovering the limits of the material it becomes a meditative spiritual practice, helping me explore my aboriginal heritage.

These pieces were explorations of two different dyeing and staining processes on hide, rusting and rotting. Each one started with a process that built up slowly. The exploration of the different techniques helped me understand and connect to the material, making it easier for me to build up the surface for the desired finish. These pieces were my beginning steps into my practice with hides, giving me the knowledge and skills to develop hides further in the future.

Aisling Macken | Patterns

Aisling Macken’s embroideries and needlepoint lace pieces reference the Fibonacci Sequence and the connections between the mathematical number sequence and the natural world. She is a recent graduate from the Alberta College of Art + Design Fibre Department and is based in Calgary Alberta.

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