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Viewpoints 9 (Cycle 2) Challenge 8 - Out of Thin Air
2015-01-07 10:57:57

Viewpoints 9 (Cycle 2) Challenge 8

Title of work: Out of Thin Air

 

Theme: Tet

My Feedback: The Magical Hebrew

Dear Betty and Viewpoints 9 members, ever since the first cycle, I benefited a lot from the challenge topics that bring me knowledge growth. When I read Betty’s challenge topic, I feel like soaring to a new height to explore things I do not know. I am very surprised and curious about what I will come up with in the following 2 months.

On the day when I received the topic, my son sent me some photos that he took on his visit to Kaohsiung (a city in southern Taiwan). One of them looks like an extending form of the letter tet. The road is the new learning opportunity that my son is heading to.

 

In my spare time, I did a sketch according to the form of letter tet. It looks like a face. It was drawn during my coffee break, so it’s nicknamed “coffee face.”

 

Then, I started to play with this pattern. Hopefully when I complete the quilt for this challenge, I could also create a sketch book. What an interesting topic! Although I have no idea about Hebrew, I hope I can make good use of this opportunity to explore new things! Thank you, Betty.

Artist Statement:

I have always feared learning unfamiliar languages. When I saw the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet ‘tet’ for the first time, I realized that I have to make change and be brave to accept characters other than Chinese. Feeling helpless, I did a sketch freely to relieve my anxiety and increase confidence for a while. And then I try to weave joy out of thin air. Thus, the unknown flower is born.

After careful consideration, I decided to extend the flower based on the fundamental element of freedom in hopes of having a good art performance and experimenting on new creating techniques. During the creative process, I sketched spontaneously and followed my heart to cut fabrics with scissors. I sewed them directly without making any modifications. Besides, in order to pursue my original creative concept of freedom, I stop myself from changing the fabrics. I only choose once for every piece of fabric I use in the work. I know that protecting ourselves is a human instinct. Fearing of language learning is also one of them. However, art helps me to accept Hebrew language and arouses my creative energy to seize every possible opportunity.

This piece, Out of Thin Air, depicts a flower reborn from complex inner fears. It is joyful, confident and creative. It is also a meaningful self-learning! It’s wonderful that Betty brought this challenge topic to us. I’ve learned so much from it. It has made me not only better understand myself and accept the learning concept of starting from scratch, but also complete an interesting work! Thanks for that! It is the last piece I made in 2014. “Out of Thin Air” brings me expectation for 2015. I wish you all a Happy New Year!

Materials: commercial cottons

Techniques: hand pieced, hand appliqué, hand quilted

Size: 18” x 27”

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