Job #5: Mourning
Job 30:31
“My lyre is tuned to mourning, and my pipe to the sound of wailing.”
In this verse, Job uses music as a striking symbol of his suffering.
The instruments most often tied to joy and celebration now voice only pain and despair.
“Job #5: Mourning” is pieced, appliqued, freemotion stitched, hand embroidered and painted.
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Iina Alho – Norway
Joan Brailsford – United Kingdom
Maryte Collard – Lithuania
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A great addition to your series, I am impressed by the way that you are managing to keep within the same colour palette. Great attention to detail and beautiful stitching, well done.
A lovely addition to your series and faithful to your colour palette. The muted inclusion of the lyre in the background goes a sense of sadness. Great work
Striking interpretation and a great addition to your series. well done.
I am amazed that you managed to find the way to express the deterioration of human emotions. Your craftsmanship is always perfect and I especially like the tiny vines covering the instruments. Looks like they make the music loose it’s joy, right?
This is also a nice piece! Great embroidery. Well done.
I am in awe with the unity you give to your series with your color palette ! The nice black embroidery on the background is striking.
I am amazed how each time you can “translate” the verses in a beautiful abstract piece. Your entire series radiates immense tranquility through the use of the same colors.
Admire your use of one color palette only allowing for unity of the entire series. The (hand)stitching is beautiful and adds an additional layer to the lovely piece.
Great colours and composition. Beautiful attention to details and interpretation of the theme. Beautiful!
A special creation to complete the series with the details and stitching that complement it.
Amazing how you have stuck to a similar color pallete throughout this series, connecting the quilts together. You are doing an excellent job of telling Job’s story and I appreciate the simplicity of the composition.
I really admire your interpretation of decay and how you have continued the color palette throughout your series. The imagery of the overgrown vines on the lyre captures Jobs abandoned joy perfectly. Well done.
A lovely quilt in continuing both your series theme and the colour palette. The foreground detail is great but I specially like how you have shown the hills and desert sand in the background.
Another one simple yet impressive part of this moving story, well done!