Ripple Effect

“Suminagashi and indigo dye, reliant on water in their creative processes, produce marks that echo the ripple of water, elemental patterns in stone, or the contours of hills. They remind me of the streams in the hills, water over rocks and combined with thread symbolize journeys or connections. I look at patterns and shapes in nature that remind me of the beautiful Japanese calligraphy that I became familiar with in Japan, to me they are all like mysterious poems awaiting interpretation. This fusion of elements symbolises themes of transformation, renewal, metamorphosis and being imbedded in a world of change.” – Claire Beausein.