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Description
Title: Vanishing Jungle, an installation tribute to critically endangered orangutans
Artist’s statement: As orangutans lose their jungle habitat to the expansion of the palm oil industry both the jungle and the animals are disappearing. Orangutan babies are delightful, playful creatures and I find it hard to thinkof a world without them. This installation focuses on 3 phases of their disappearance: Phase 1 we see dimensional babies playing in a lush jungle; Phase 2 we see the jungle and the animals beginning to fade and the jungle starting to disappear; Phase 3 we see a ghostly remnant of the jungle and the animals. I used delicate, sheer layers to express the animals fragility.
Materials: silk organza, cotton organdy, polyester ballet net, erosion control netting, camo tarp, thread, synthetic hair, embroidery floss, cheesecloth, fabric paint
Techniques: hand drawing and painting, fabric collage, free motion quilting, dyeing, hand quilting
Size: 12 panels each sized differently:
panel 1: 3’Wx4.5’,panel 2: 4’Wx8’,panel 3: 4’Wx7.5’, panel 4: 3’Wx8.5’ panel 5: 4’Wx7’, panel 6: 4’Wx5.5’, panel 7:3.5’Wx9’, panel 8: 4’Wx6.5’ panel 9: 3’Wx6.5’,panel 10: 3’Wx7’,panel 11:4’Wx6’,panel 12: 2’Wx7.5’
Year completed: 2023
