Day In & Day Out: Dorothy Caldwell Silent Ice Deep Patience @ AGP 11

Wednesday 10 December 2014

Dorothy Caldwell Silent Ice Deep Patience @ AGP 11

Dorothy Caldwell Walking on Tundra, 2013; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014

Walking on Tundra is 26"X 53" and is mounted on industrial felt. The acid green is the colour of moss.

Dorothy Caldwell Walking on Tundra, detail 2013; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014

Fine and chunky stitching on appliqués. A dash of pink provides a complementary contrast to the acid green.

Dorothy Caldwell Quiet Place: Willow & Arctic Moss, 2012; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014

Quiet Place: Willow & Arctic Moss is another one of my favourites in this exhibition. Maybe one day I'll gather all my favourites in a separate blog post. Quiet Place is 23"X 23" and is mounted on industrial felt. It is a merging of Dorothy's signature wax and silkscreen resist with her new plant dyed textiles.

This appliqué appears to be plant dyed.

All photos were taken with permission from Dorothy Caldwell and the fine staff of the Art Gallery of Peterborough.

2 comments:

jackie said...: Lovely to see close ups of Dorothy Caldwell's work. Thank you.; 22 December 2014 at 10:26
Anonymous said...: I feel hugely indebted to you for your superb write-ups and detailed photographs of Dorothy Caldwell's work. I am studying for a Textiles Degree and am using her work as 'textile-inspired inspiration'. What started as a cursory look has grown and grown. I have been so moved by the detail of her stitching and the detail of your response to her work. Thank you.; 25 March 2015 at 11:18