Each heart straining not to break, yet close to breaking open
This wall-mounted textile sculpture comprises three large sections of plain handwoven cloth hand-quilted to industrial wool felt. Acid dye has been poured onto the surface with cross-stitch embroidery and small pieces of overshot-woven cloth added as appliqué. It was created over a five-year period.
For Amber Jensen, weaving offers a portal for uncovering her Scandinavian roots. Hailing from a long line of master sewists from Norway and Denmark, s ...