American Tapestry Biennial 13
- June 18, 2021 - September 12, 2021
- Exhibition
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- Artwork
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- Artists
On Site Exhibition
Regeneration
- warp: linen, weft: wool (some hand-dyed), cotton, mixed fibres
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70 x 63 x 1 in
(177.8 x 160.02 x 2.54 cm)
- Barbara Heller
The tapestry Regeneration speaks to growth and rebirth coming
out of devastation, whether man-made or natural. In my tapestry, the bottom panel depicts a Canadian forest fire. The middle panel comes from images of the destruction caused by the war in Syria. And the top panel offers the measure of hope: pine cones, pine boughs, and feathers to be found all over the world.
After a fire, the heat melts the wax seals of serotinous pine cones which are then able to release their seeds to the newly fertile earth. We can only hope that new growth can also come from destruction caused by humans and that peace will bring rebirth.