Description
Created as part of my SAQA KS/MO/OK Regional Exhibition in 2024, inspired by the living-language-land project (at living-language-land.org). That project, devised by a small group based out of the UK, involved people in other countries around the world. The result was a set of 26 words from endangered and minority languages, contributed by members of indigenous communities. Their goal was to reveal different ways of relating to land and nature, and enlarge the lexicon we can all draw from in reflecting on those relationships. The project was related to COP26 (a series of annual global climate negotiations under the umbrella of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)), with a hope of giving a global audience fresh inspiration for our environmental crisis.
We were asked to select a word and create one or more art quilts inspired by that word, based on our own research, experiences and creative voice. Works could be a combination of 12” and/or 24”, either 2D or 3D.
This art quilt, Ancestral Longhouse. Inspired by the word: Maloka: ancestral longhouse. Word Origin: Murui (Uitoto), Amazon region, Colombia. Word Contributor: Emperatriz López of the Murui Muina people.
Regardless of where you are in the world, ancestral longhouses are the heart of communities. Some provide living space for families, others a central meeting spot.The ancestral longhouses of North American Indians inspired me.
Wool and cotton fabric, polyester batting, cotton/poly & monofilament thread, pigments, satin cording. Wholecloth coloring on wool using my Pigment Patchwork techniques.
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