My art is like a song, first in the distance, I hear it softly.
The tune catches a place in my heart and I feel it closer.
It goes from a few disconnected notes and keeps swelling.
I hear the song completely.
I see it in my mind.
I hear it in my heart.
It moves me in a dance, the flames of the torch, the softness of the fabric.
I see it, piece by piece, come together in my hands.
I recognize it as the notes I first heard in the distance.
A mixture of mediums is how my art is made.
It could be fibers, gently teased apart to become felt or ceramics fired in my kiln.
It could be precise sewing, either by hand or machine, each stitch evenly spaced.
Often it’s metal, cut and welded, manipulated and shaped by heat.
Sometimes it’s done in quiet meditation in comfort and seclusion.
Sometimes it’s in my welding shop, where it’s hot and gritty and I have to pay close attention because it is dangerous.
No matter which one of the mediums I am using I hear the music and I dance.
Nancy Geren
From my Blog
Nine
In 2013 I returned to Australia with the specific purpose of studying with renown artist and teacher, Ann Small ( asmalldesign.weebly.com ) from the UK. From Ann I learned a technique of layering fabric and after sewing through all layers, cutting them and opening them back to reveal each underlying layer. Using this technique I decided to make a piece for the upcoming show at Lorang Fine Art [...]
International Women’s Art Exhibition
I was asked to participate in an exhibition at Lorang Fine Art on April 25-26. The title of the exhibition is "Women in Motion". When I was first asked to participate I sat down with my journal and wrote what "Women In Motion" meant to me. The one idea that kept resurfacing in my mind was women in history. That history could be global, local or even [...]