It’s been a few months since I’ve posted here but there has been work on the PNW Community Coral Reef happening behind the scenes. As we get ready for our next show at the Coos Art Museum in May, I have been taking our frames apart, which were the pieces that created our coral wall. It has been an exercise in Buddhist detachment to sit down and cut apart the 20 frames that took me weeks of work to assemble in the first place.
With the lay out of our upcoming installation being in a small space, the goal is to have our reef based on the floor with a few risers to change the depth here and there. This means, we need a show piece in the center of the room with the installation built around it. I have also taken apart some of our coral vignettes to create a large wall hanging as it will be necessary to take advantage of as much wall space as possible.
I must admit, I am always inspired by the works of Mulyana, the first fiber artist that I came into contact with who made amazing coral installations. The fact that he builds his reefs on the floor and then hangs things from the ceiling to create an all encompassing coral experience makes me believe that we could do something similar.
The one difference is that Mulyana has a huge infrastructure behind him to get his pieces moved from one place to the next. I am currently concerned that I won’t be able to fit the coral pillar that I created from all of the disassembled frames, out of my front door. Since taking these photos, I have wrapped it for moving day and hopefully compressed it a bit. We shall see!
