“Of the Forest”

This piece emerged through a powerful, meditative process. After painting the full canvas, I deconstructed it into 64 panels (13 cm x 20 cm each), then hand-embroidered them back together in a randomized order. The final form is a visceral, tactile expression of memory, fragmentation, and reassembly.

You can explore the full creative process below,  from brushstroke to stitch.

“Of the Forest”

Acrylic & embroidery on primed, unstretched canvas
102 cm x 162 cm

The full process of creating Of the Forest

First Stage: Create

My niece, Vivienne, age 8 at the time, sometimes worked on the piece with me.

The piece continued to evolve… With no attachment to outcome. Only to the process, which I find enormously healing.

 

Second Stage: Deconstruct and Reconstruct

Mixed them all up, collected them and laid in order of how they stacked.

The accidental connections between  the randomly selected canvas pieces are satisfying. My eye naturally finds harmony in the accidents. The deconstruction and reconstruction feels like finding sense and meaning in chaos.