Every time I have ever walked through the hallway that connects the second floor of the Rotunda to Founders Hall, I’ve done a backward glance to these gloves. I really like them because they baffle me. How could someone ever have had the patience to be able to create something so delicately beautiful? It wasn’t a surprise to me that this was the one I still wanted to come back and look at even more.
Looking closer at these gloves, I first noticed that what I once thought was a lace pattern is actually much more like vines. From what I learned about the Sacagawea Exhibit in our last class, I think the vines are meant to not only be something pretty to look at, but also a representation of growth that’s experience on a journey. The space that creates the vine pattern on the glove is completely cut through. It creates an interesting texture and value to the piece. The shadowed vines that show on the bottom layer of the glove gives the top layer more depth.
Something odd that I noticed was that one of the gloves has a rose attached at the bottom but the other doesn’t. I wonder if they are both supposed to be roses but the other maybe got lost somehow. If not, I’d be curious to know what it is supposed to be.
Stephanie W.
ReplyDeleteLeah, It looks to me like one glove has a rose blossom, and the other glove has a rose bud. I've been staring at these gloves trying to understand what the artist's statement is. I get the sense that she's trying to relay a feeling of growth, something being handed down, perhaps? Maybe that's too literal of an interpretation... These gloves are perplexing, to say the least!
Dawn here...
ReplyDeleteLeah, please integrate at least two references to your textbook as an additional post. Thanks, Dawn