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Encaustic monotype, thread, oak gall ink stained teabagLabel Type
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Marking Time 104
Christine S. Aaron
Encaustic monotype, thread, oak gall ink stained teabag
“[In my Marking Time series,] I layer and collage materials onto tiny tea bag canvases, then stitch and pierce with thread and thorns. I think of them as daily meditations, focusing on the task at hand, composing and reclaiming memory and personal history brought into my current experience. It feels reparative and healing, and acts as a psychological and emotional anchor in tumultuous times. Grounding. I find meaning through the making.
“My ancestors lived through historic, brutal times. Now, people across the globe grapple with loss, fear and uncertainty; all of us, experiencing this separately and yet in conjunction with the entire world. I collage and stitch in a stubborn insistence on hope, with resistance to fear, and in the knowledge that this too shall pass. Making do. Moving forward. I become aware of an inner refrain as I create: I am here. As witness, as attestant. I am still here.” – CSA