CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM TEXTILE ARTIST

ABOUT

A COLLECTION OF PRINTS FEATURING ORIGINAL POETRY FROM THE NATURAL COLLECTION ( TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC) AND THE WOMANHOOD COLLECTION (CANCER 1: LUMPECTOMY).
CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF AN EXPERIENCE THROUGH POETRY, APPLYING TO TEXTILES IN THE FORM OF HAND EMBROIDERY, PROVIDES AN EMOTIONAL LAYERING TO WORKS.
EXAMPLE FROM CANCER 1: LUMPECTOMY:
'ANXIETY HAS SEEPED INTO MY BONES, INTO MY DREAMS. MASQUERADING AS PENT UP ENERGIES. ALWAYS MY SHADOW, LURKING DEEP, TO CLAW ME BACK IF I DARE TO SEEK ANY SOLACE IN MY BEING'.
'TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC INVITES THE VIEWER TO INDULGE IN CARROT TOPS AND FLOWERPOTS, BAKING MUD PIES UNDER SUMMER SKIES, WITH BUTTON NOSE AND SOFT PINK TOES...CLIMB BACK INTO A WORLD OF PLAY, RETURN TO YOUR CHILD.

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