Disintegration
My intention
– buried as deep
as rock strata
beneath the mined
and broken earth –
was abstracted
into straight strips
and squared off.
The obsessive search
until the silver seam
is found.
Meanwhile,
the gutted Earth
gasps, goes unheard.
Who would follow
these strange maps
turtle turned into
a quiltmaker’s template?
The geologist
who has it now.
Amazing poem to go along with the amazing piece! Is there beading in the piece, I could not confirm from the photo – I was trying to figure out the granules like items in the piece.
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Thank you Tierney. Yes, I used beads to represent the sand filtering down. Well spotted as the gold beads are very small
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That is very cool and very creative!
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A beautiful duo. The silver seam is pure magic, Mariss!
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Thank you for noticing and commenting so positively
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Oooh, this is beautiful! And so different – I love the combination of dark colours and metallics in the quilt!
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Oh thank you!
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Mariss This dark quilt is so beautiful . Would love to see it in the real.
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