Eleanor Hannan
Interior 1 from the story Suitcase, 2024
Materials include, background painting in fabric paints to create a mood, all cloth hand dyed, quilting, applique, silkscreen (figures and the background text), transfer paper such as T-shirt transfer and TAP paper, stitching and embroidery both hand and machine, puffed figures and puffed pieces within the composition including shadows and rocks or pillows, also thickened/stiffened words that carry the weight of the emotional sentence or concept. 55 cms X 70 cms or 21.5 X 27.5 inches
The Interiors are a set of six textile narratives based on taking one sentence or one concept from a story /poem by Elizabeth Dancoes called Suitcase. Elizabeth and I have worked together for many years. Her writing me creating art works, mostly in textiles. Our first show of this work was in 2023. This work is made in a unique style that has a kind of graphics or comics inspiration including speech bubbles. They owe their drama to visual arts concepts and painting, the high drama of bright colours against a dark and moodily painted background. They owe their naïve/low relief realism to textile storytelling such as the Bayeux Tapestry and even to old fashioned child’s play such as felt boards where pieces and characters in a story are easily manipulated.
