Series in progress and ongoing

Egg tempera (egg, vinegar, water) on polished homemade gesso on board

12” x 12” each

 

Interactive element: Can be paired and configured in groupings as desired

 

This series was inspired by the writings of Ursula K Le Guin in her book of non-fiction essays called Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on words, women, places. ​

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The spirals dance with an eruptive feeling that echos the universes in Le Guin’s essays--a yearning for feminist utopia, a new universalism, devoid of inequality, domination and exploitation, and full of the feminine. Spirals are one of the earliest known shapes. At the moment, the pieces are ongoing explorations, gaining momentum much as spirals do. ​

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Egg tempera was used in ancient times as a medium prior to plastics and today's manufactured mediums. It allows for transparent layers to build up lucid colours that emerge from the interior of the piece. In this series I prepare rabbit skin glue to seal the wood surface. Next I make gesso from rabbit skin glue and calcium carbonate, and apply several coats while polishing each to a marble shine. Finally tempera is created by mixing egg yolk with vinegar, water and pigment and appyling in multiple transparent layers.