LIZZIE RILEY

FRAGILE CONNECTIONS
 
Resounding birdsong
 
Wind through trees
 
The minutiae of living entities
 
Silent ancient masses
 
Still,
 
Everything connected.
 
Our presence momentary.

I have written this poem as an explanation of my abiding attachment to this beautiful part of the country. The complex structure of these fibre pieces a metaphor for our planet as a whole. The interconnection of all, sometimes strong sometimes messy and fragile.
The material is agonis flexuosa (peppermint tree), sourced from a tree near our home. A truly resilient tree! The fibre responds to this “lace” like technique.
The forms refer to the granite shapes that are part of the structure of our beautiful landscape.
I always like to work and think from an antithetical position.