Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos.
Yayoi Kusama
As I shared yesterday, today's post is inspired by the work of Yayoi Kusama and her 2017 exhibition, Infinity Mirrors. The last part of the exhibition was a piece called The Obliteration Room, where visitors got to place stickers around the room. I visited the exhibition closer to the end of the run, so the room was pretty well covered. Every version of this room is different; I like that about it. The room inspired a glitter purse I made back when I was still in a Mardi Gras krewe. My friend Brian is the proud owner of this glitter purse, so I know it lives in a good home. There are some pictures of it here (near the end of the post).
Today's version of the dots is based on this room and this purse. I used sequins for the purse, but opted to use a variety of stitches to get the sense of layers and different configurations of dots. Like the room, I can work on this for the rest of time and it might never be done. I could make this again in a year and it'll look completely different. This makes me happy.
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| And yes, I do have a favorite dot...it's the red one in near the upper left corner. |
Details:
Stitches: French knots, satin stitch and back stitch
Thread palette: DMC C666, C740, C820, C550, C699, 310 (3 strands)
Inspiration: the work of Yayoi Kusama
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