Medium: various up-cycled papers, paper yarns, lokta paper, some cotton and linen yarn.
Techniques: weaving and artist's own techniques.
Height: 110cm, Width: 110cm, Depth: 2.5cm
May 2017
The work is a minimalist woven piece depicting a state of mind of one living with an anxiety disorder.
In my own experience, the morning is usually the most difficult moment for a person dealing with anxiety. You are inclined to stay idle in bed and be a prisoner of anxiety for the entire day: to succumb seems to be the easiest way.
But you can choose to deal with it by pushing yourself to complete seemingly small tasks, which, in this situation, require serious effort. It is similar to a physical sensation of pulling and breaking bonds which keep you tied in place, without an ability to productively deal with such moments of your life. Yes, there is something more to life, somewhere there is fulfillment and creativity, but it is out of your reach until the destructive ties are dealt with, snapped progressively, ONE BY ONE, until you can breathe, can live, can fly...
The piece is done in up-cycled paper packing materials, including Lidl and Tesco bread bags, used paper sheets for wrapping take-away chips (stained with grease), paper used for packing and stuffing goods in retail, and used paper napkins from IKEA. This is the main medium. Other fibres are used in sparse quantities: lokta paper, paper yarn, linen and cotton yarns.
