Nad–Ned: Crochet passages
“Through the lows believe in the highs yet to come…”
My creative practice has always incorporated diverse materials such as fabric, metal, yarn, clay, and beads. For decades, I have been captivated by the transformation of mundane objects into profound expressions of creativity, crafting spaces and structures imbued with layers of meaning that transcend their surface appearances. This artistic exploration has reached its pinnacle as I investigate manifestations of hope through materials, navigating my challenges of multiple transitions and passages I have encountered over the past decade.
My practice enables my meaning-making: Buttons symbolize closure and containment, uniting separate pieces into a cohesive whole. Color evokes emotions and memories, shaping my perceptions of the world. Crochet weaves a tapestry connecting past and present, a testament to tradition. The swings capture the ups and downs of our emotions, representing the passage of time and its specific attributes. The crochet flowers mirror the transient nature of life, serving as a reminder of its fragility, beauty, and ephemerality. Each element, from swings to colors, encapsulates my state of mind and stages of life. Amidst these diverse materials and forms, the promise of renewal and ascent emerges.
In "Nad-Ned," I invite you to explore this journey of introspection and inspiration. Through a tapestry of colors and textures, may you resonate with your own experiences and emerge with a renewed sense of hope and possibility. Just as a swing reaches its apex after each descent, life too offers the promise of renewal and ascent.
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Esmeralda
Green is often described as refreshing and tranquil. Other common associations with the color green are money, luck, health, and envy.
Sand
Beige is said to stand for humility, comfort, and openness. The spiritual meaning of beige symbolizes simplicity, comfort, wisdom and trust.
Wisteria
Purple is associated with royalty and power. It also represents creativity, extravagance, dignity, grandeur, independence, pride, peace, mystery, and magic.
Sakura
Fuchsia is associated with confidence, assurance, playfulness and creativity. It evokes feelings of love, warmth and nurturing and symbolizes sophistication and luxury.
Zelda
The color gray is often associated with neutrality, wisdom, and conservatism. Using gray can convey feelings of calmness and seriousness
Ardesia
Light gray is relaxing and soothing, it can help in difficult life situations. Positive and optimistic emotions are associated with light gray.
NYX
Black can be linked with death, mourning, evil magic, and darkness, but it can also symbolize elegance, wealth, restraint, and power.
Aurora
Gold is often denoting generosity and compassion, as well as being synonymous with divinity and power. Gold is also the color of success, triumph and luxury.
Roux
Brown is often seen as solid, much like the earth, and it's a color often associated with resilience, dependability, security, and safety.
Astrid
White is often associated with perfection, good, honesty, cleanliness, the new, neutrality, purity and innocence.
Kamelia
Pink symbolizes love of oneself and others, inner peace, harmony and compassion. It evokes feelings of comfort, warmth and hope. Pink is also a sign of good health.
Nila
Blue often symbolizes serenity, stability, inspiration and intelligence. It can be a calming color, and associated with keenness and reliability.
Carmela
Diverse colors generally indicate variety, be it representative of people, countries or cultures. In nature multicolor is used to attract a mate or to ward off predators.