Ruth Marshall, Textile Artist
I'm happy to feature Ruth Marshall's work in our new Gallery. Ms. Marshall uses knitting to explore human relationships with the natural world, especially animals. Her work was recently part of “Knitted, Knotted, Netted," a fiber show at the Hunterdon Art Museum in New Jersey. The show featured her large-scale knitted animal pelts.
The knitting of animal pelts boldly confronts the practice of taking skins from animals. It is a constructive answer to a destructive act. As any fiber worker knows, knitting a finished piece requires attention, commitment, and love, much like raising a child or growing a relationship. The viewer of these knitted pelts cannot help contrasting this careful activity with the harvesting of skins, which usually follows a violent assault. Thus the creative act makes a strong statement, quietly, about human violence against the natural world.
Please visit the Gallery to see photos of Ms. Marshall's work.
To the left is a detail of Ruth Marshall's Ivy, 2006, 87 1/2" x 66."
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