Organic Fragments began with six separate textile pieces, created from combinations of my hand-painted fabrics, floral prints, and batiks.
Each fragment developed its own shape and personality. I deliberately allowed the edges to remain irregular, following the character of the fabrics rather than forcing them into traditional geometric forms.
When I began arranging them together, something interesting happened.
One piece seemed almost birdlike. It wanted to fly, but somehow it also wanted to remain part of the group. Another seemed too heavy in its original position, so I moved it.
Gradually, the fragments began to find their own relationships.
I wasn’t following a sketch or a predetermined design. I was responding to what I saw and felt as the composition developed.
The cork background adds another dimension. Rather than hanging flat against the wall, it moves gently in and out, allowing the fragments to occupy a more sculptural space.
What I particularly like is that this arrangement doesn’t have to be permanent.
If I turn the fragments in different directions, or exhibit them in another setting, they may suggest an entirely different composition.
For me, Organic Fragments is about individuality and belonging, but also about the freedom to change.
These six pieces belong together here, at this moment.
Another time, they may tell a different story.