Artist statement: Time #3: DANCER GODS -ECUADOR

The third piece in my Time series is inspired by our trip to Ecuador. VISITING TIME: 1993.

We visited San Antonio de Ibarra where, already since the 19^th century, many families have devoted themselves to woodcutting. 

 In addition to religious figures and modern work, they are also inspired by pre-Colombian spiritual art.

We bought two wooden dancer-gods that are inspired by the sun god. These woodcarvings are my inspiration for this work.

Since I wanted more cohesion in my series I decided that I wanted the design and the colors of this quilt to be a bit more in line with TIME #1: Egypt.

A picture of the figures is traced on stained cotton fabric and  lines are sewn by machine.

Painted with two different browns and metallic acrylic paint.

Quilted with the same feather and echo motif as in Egypt #1 and also  finished in the same way with rusted fabric for the edges. 

The whole process can be seen on: http://kunamola.blogspot.com

Detail

Original artwork