Some Things Held Together

2024

silk, kelp dye, bamboo leaves, wire, glue​

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Creative Access Description

Three photos of a rectangular sculpture on a white wall. It is 36 inches wide and 56 inches tall. Two-inch-wide strips of silk fabric are woven into the chicken wire. They follow the repeating pattern of the wire, tilting gently to the right. The thin silk fabric is wrinkled, frayed at the edges, and puffs out of the wire, creating a scalloped surface resembling waves, leaves, or fish scales. It is dyed into a modulating tan colour with faint striping and colour pooling. Three large dashes of bamboo leaves cut across the composition. They are woven on top the silk and tilt at the same gentle angle. At the top edge of the sculpture, the fabric ends are loosely folded over and behind, with the wire ends jutting upward. At the bottom, the wire also juts out and the tapered fabric ends dangle loosely.