Logan Burn - detail felted tapestry, Sunday 2PM Series
2013
Fleece, Roving and Single Ply Wool Tapestry (felted after weaving), Aluminum Bars and Found Wood Block
55x38inches
Logan Burn is a tapestry composed of a cotton warp and a fleece, roving and loosely spun woolen weft. After removal from the loom it was turned into felt in a front loading washing machine. A drum carder was used to mix the fleece colours in an ongoing dialogue with the work as the piece was built up.
The two sided tapestry was sandwiched between aluminum bar “grills” that I hoped would mediate the space between the landscape and the viewer. Make certain that this is not a representation of standing in the landscape, but one of being slightly separated from it.
In that mind-space, I hope that Sunday 2PM; Logan Burn suggests a turn-around time; time to start in on the “back” part of an out-and-back journey. As with all of the Sunday 2PM pieces, I want the series to suggest a private or personal metaphor for a time of any day, a time of any year, a time of any life.
The two sided tapestry was sandwiched between aluminum bar “grills” that I hoped would mediate the space between the landscape and the viewer. Make certain that this is not a representation of standing in the landscape, but one of being slightly separated from it.
In that mind-space, I hope that Sunday 2PM; Logan Burn suggests a turn-around time; time to start in on the “back” part of an out-and-back journey. As with all of the Sunday 2PM pieces, I want the series to suggest a private or personal metaphor for a time of any day, a time of any year, a time of any life.
Sharon Hogg is a visual artist working in Calgary Alberta and Lombardy Ontario, Canada. She holds a Bachelors of Fine Art and a Masters of Fine Art from the Alberta College of Art and Design.
Where humans intersect with unseen natural forces, she imagines what lies behind or beneath the surface. More than seeing, she wants to feel the backstory, the understory, the glue that holds it all together. Her work seeks to bring that underlying level of awareness closer to the visible and the touchable.
The Sublime, New Materialism and the Vorticists are influences.