Mandala 2: Cloquet Riverbank

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Artist: Therese Zemlin

Title: Mandala 2: Cloquet Riverbank

Attribution: Mandala 2: Cloquet Riverbank

Year: 2022

Materials: Inkjet prints of digitally altered text and photographs on Japanese and western papers hand-cut into strips, hand weaving.

Dimensions: 12 x 12"

Image Statement: The weaving draft/pattern is by computer scientist Ralph Griswold, 2005, #41506, from Handweaving.net. The cut up book pages are from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, and Next Time by Henry James. The photo was taken on the Cloquet River in Brimson, MN. The patterns in textiles mimic the patterns in nature. The patterns of human behavior as reflected in the fiction of Henry James are reiterated by Rachel Carson in her descriptions of human endeavors and motivations gone horribly wrong. These associations are not obvious in the work, but hopefully begin to seep in around the edges of the viewer’s awareness.