2018, circa 50x60cm; 42×59,4cm, mixed technique: hand tufting, print
I. International Alternative Textile Symposion, Budapest, Hungary
A volcanic rock was the model for one part of my installation – for the pillow. To craft a pillow imitating such a surface of a rock I, on the one hand, used woolen yarn – colored in the shades of grey, and in ‘rock-colors’ – , on the other, grey-colored felt. I attempted to demonstrate the special characteristics of the hand tufting technique by creating such an exciting, uneven and rugged surface. This surface is consisting partly of felt, and partly of hand tufting. I filled the 500×600 mm pillow with recycled bean-bag filling.
The other part of the installation is a digital graphic (420x594mm), printed on paus paper (tracing paper), depicting an abstracted volcano, placed behind and above the ‘rock pillow’. The two parts of the “interior” are grounded in contrasts: in terms of matching both the surfaces and the style. The flowing playfulness stemming from the relation between the three-dimensional pillow and the plain surface of the picture is ever changing – depending of the position and the movement of the spectator.
The work was inspired – besides the volcanic surfaces – by a quote that is strongly related to the Tibetian Book of the Dead.
„…when the time of death approaching he sees the singns: he sees a great rocky mountainlowering above him like a shadow. He thinks to himself, „The Mountain might fall down on top of me,”and he makes a gesture with his hand as though to ward off this mountain. His brothers and kinsmen and neighbours see him to do this; but to them it seems that he is simply pushing out his hand into space. Presently the mounatin seems to be made of white cloth and he clambers up this cloth. Then it seems to be made of red cloth. Finally, as the time of his death approaches he sees a bright light, and beeing unaccustomed to it as the time of his death he is preplexed and confused.”