Mothers
This small, felted wool and gilded clay work translates its own title into Morse code, then into color, and finally into form.
The penultimate piece of the ‘Encoded’ series, its creation became the psychological starting point of the ‘Found Objects’ series which I knew would be defined a celebration of mothers and daughters. Conceptually, it represents the crossover between the two themes.
Fittingly, its companion–and the final piece in the series– is entitled ‘Daughters.’
Felted wool, clay, metal leaf, brass wire, Morse code
15 x 9.5 x 2 in
2025
Related work: ‘Daughters’
About the Encoded Series
This series of stitched felted wool works combines man-made codes with organic materials and formations to explore how human, cultural, and natural wisdoms can hide in plain sight. The pieces transform texts gleaned from diverse sources and eras into symbols, translating them first into code, then into color before giving them final form.