MYSTERY CHALLENGE 2005 / SPRING CHALLENGE
Out of the Dead Wood Springs the Green - Ruth Marler
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I had two or three scrumbles lying around that suggested leaves and so my piece began with a very literal
interpretation of what happens in the season of Spring: out of the dead wood springs the green.
I’m not quite sure what happened then. I knew that I didn’t want bunches of yellow crochet daffodils or
crocuses so instead I decided to anchor Spring to the season that preceded it. Spring is the season that
mediates between the harsh bleak winter and the colour and warmth of summer.
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Just as the shoots and tendrils sprout and start to take over
the more sombre colours and surfaces, so I was taken over
by my piece.
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When my back was turned it decided that it wanted to be a waistcoat
and I was powerless to stop this incredible force. I even lost control
over the stitches and shapes.
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From and around
empty spaces, growths of “buttonhole stitch” raced. Some
of these growths were zig-zag shoots and some were curved, the colours
changed from brown to orange to yellow to green. They twisted and interlinked. |
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a gardener I walked around what was now a three-dimensional garment
attempting to tame nature but as fast as I tweaked and trained it sprang
out in another direction, in another texture. |
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In my hands and on the crochet hook, this waistcoat twisted and
stretched. First progressing in this direction, then with a sudden spurt
it grew away in another colour, another shape, another texture.
Out of the dead wood, sprang the green! |