Molly Tufnell
'Stitches the Universe'
Contemporary Artist & Teacher
ON THE BALANCE OF PROBABILITY ...
Randomly slow stitching natural patterns with linen into little felt squaresInspirational images from the web…vortexes in spaceFinding a way to stitch the patterns accuratelyThe number of little squares begin to grow...... and growThe realisation that this was becoming a piece of work that had meaning. I had never worked this way before.Identifying and cataloguing the little squaresFinding ways to show this work using mathematical and climate change ideasThere are 49 stitched components to this work and this would be the fiftiethLooking for the best way to display this work as an installation...finally decided on hanging it as a density map - I think?About half way through putting the stitch components together…