The Great Tapestry of Scotland

October 18, 2013 by susanmoirmackay

I did not expect to be moved by a tapestry. But I should have known better… Stitching has long fascinated me. Maybe due to the early influence of Maggie Lechie’s needlework pictures framed in my family home or the white linen table cloths with neat embroidery stitches done by my Mother when she was young. Either way stitching fascinates me . . A close up of The Great Tapestry of Scotland,  from http://www.scotlandtapestry.com . Stitching, as a general term, encompasses anything […]

Categories: Art, Profile • Tags: Andrew Crummy, art, community art project, crewel, embroidery, stitch, tapestry, The Great Tapestry of Scotland

Blood, bones, hair and soap…

October 10, 2013 by susanmoirmackay

    There is an awful intimacy to drawing on bones. These are the bones of a dolphin. As I plot and mark or discover each slight nuanced gradient with my pen or pencil I feel as if I am probing into an unspeakable salty truth. But there is also something overwhelmingly awe inspiring in the intricacy of the structure of the bone. The bones fit in an astoundingly precise sequence to create what once was its back bone. Each […]

Categories: Art, Conceptual Art, contemporary art, human nature, mandalas • Tags: art, blood, bones, conceptual art, death, hair., marina abramovic, skeleton

It’s a small world after all….

October 8, 2013 by susanmoirmackay

Pyxus 13 – mixed media – 2013 Its a small world after all… I made this piece in The Bahamas before we packed up and left. It was inspired by the small hidden places where one might tuck secrets – a cavity of unwelcome things. A common white fabric that has stitched in its entrails unspoken and unspeakable truths. I wonder about all the things we hide, especially from ourselves.  How well we must stitch them deeper and deeper inside. Inevitably […]

Categories: Art, contemporary art, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas • Tags: art, Bahamas, secrets, shame, small