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threads , cloth and what happens when they meet

I had a visitor who came to look at my work ...i showed her the catalogs , i showed her the few works that hang on the wall , and the many more that are folded in a closet. Luckily she did not Ohh/ Ahh in an artificial way, she looked at work after work , asked about sizes?, how long it took me to make it? and how it fitted in the lines of my work. She asked permission to photograph, and asked some bigraphical questions.... when i folded it all back , she was quiet, i made coffee than she said : "Tothink you made ALL THIS only with threads and cloth , makes my mind turn ,, i would like understand what happenes at the moment thread and cloth meet in your thoughts, and later while you work? " , I answered her that she already wrote in her research about sculptores and painters,,,Why would this be different? She said that before she looked closely at my work , she was sure it was the same , now she thinks that the meetings of Threads with cloth are more sensual more intiem more delicate than the other kinds of art making . mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen
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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen said

I've never had the urge to stroke a flat painting. However, I find it hard not to reach out and touch sculpture, pottery, fabric/fiber art, and other three dimensional work. Anyone else feel the same?

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anne

Count me in on that! I do on occasion want to touch paintings, especially when they're obviously somewhat textured from the layers of paints (Van Gogh comes to mind immediately)

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Jenn L

Anyone seen the small cast figures by Erte? I just can't keep my hands off those---Clarice in AZ

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scottnh

Defnitely. The Peabody Essex museum had an exhibit of American textile arts a few years ago and, while I understood why we couldn't touch anything, I found it wuite frustrating. One of the reasons I play with fibers is because of the satisfaction involved in the way they feel.

Elizabeth

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Dr. Brat

Fiber People are noturious for wanting to touch , hence whenever a group of fiberartists goes into museums , we get "That warning look !" from the keepers ..... While when submitting work , they are always telling me they Worry because i don`t have a glass shield in front of my work .... mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

It is so true Mirjam. I remember going to a craft show of sorts in Montreal - it consisted of needlework, quilts and other *fiber* type art. As we entered the room, we were all given white cotton gloves just in case we got the urge to touch before someone caught us. :-))

Sharon (N.B.) ......................................................................

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clancyc

I've even set off an alarm in a musuem because I had my nose pressed up against the glass, trying to get a closer look.

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Phylis Maurer

My father is an engineer and he has a little metal workshop at home. I feel that when he's creating something in there, it's the same feeling I have while stitching. I believe that that same feeling is expressed in different ways, like sculpting, painting, stitching, etc.

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Amber

Only On the glass isn`t THAT BAD ,,,i have had people touching my work and than i saw [ luckiy i saw it ] a woman pulling out a needle and trying to separate between some of my woven threads ,,,,, one reason why i washappy that the xst was hung high .... mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

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