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Penny Berens & Judy Martin: Cloth of Time
Penny Berens & Judy Martin use the contemplative activity of hand stitch to respond to and communicate their observations of nature and personal experience. Over the last ten years, the two artists have been meeting annually in either Nova Scotia or Ontario and have realized that although they approach their creative work from different perspectives, they explore similar subjects.
There are many things about their stitch practice that are uplifting, healing and spiritual. In both of the journals, for example, rhythmic changes of the cosmos and cycles of the seasons are translated into expressive marks made slowly day by day. The senses of touch and of time embedded in such handwork are communicated on a deep level with others. Poetic memories, humorous observations, emotional connections, and the healing that comes through creating something by hand all roll out in these chronographs of life itself.
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Penny Berens & Judy Martin use the contemplative activity of hand stitch to respond to and communicate their observations of nature and personal experience. Over the last ten years, the two artists have been meeting annually in either Nova Scotia or Ontario and have realized that although they approach their creative work from different perspectives, they explore similar subjects.
There are many things about their stitch practice that are uplifting, healing and spiritual. In both of the journals, for example, rhythmic changes of the cosmos and cycles of the seasons are translated into expressive marks made slowly day by day. The senses of touch and of time embedded in such handwork are communicated on a deep level with others. Poetic memories, humorous observations, emotional connections, and the healing that comes through creating something by hand all roll out in these chronographs of life itself.
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