After playing around with some ideas on my iPad using the Doodle Buddy app, I decided to convert this design in to a 12x12in textile work for the 2015 SAQA Benefit auction:
As can often happen when you are only loosely following a design idea, but the work has to end up a particular size, the colours and proportions changed somewhat in the course of construction:
Then comes the transformative power of stitch:
These cropped details are mini compositions in themselves:
Dyad will be available for purchase as part of the fundraising auction that commences on 18 September 2015:
Over 40 artists participating in the 2015 SAQA Benefit Auction have provided videos that show their creative process. Take a look and be inspired!