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Constructed from stiff rows of thousands of individualknots and capped by soft plumes of wool, the monumentaltableau Mesas (fig. 2) was made when Jacobs was breakinginto her own fiber language and moving between two andthree dimensions in the mid 1970s. The piece is related to aseries that Jacobs created as she was beginning her MFA atClaremont Graduate University. She had been accepted intothe program even though she had not technically completedher BFA. She knew by then who she was as an artist and thatshe had to make the art that is deepest to her nature.A small arch (fig. 5) made in 1975 was an important shiftin Jacobs’ development and her ability to innovatewith curvature, structure, and shape with thread. Afterdiscovering her new approach, Jacobs created a number ofgraceful totemic and vessel forms during the late 1970s and1980s with natural or black thread tightly coiled to providesolidity and structure. In a 1979 Fiberarts review, Betty Parkwrote, “the variegations in the natural tones of the linenappear like strata in rock, becoming another imprint of time.”Some of these have understated marks and symbols wovenwithin, while other pieces are pierced by openings that arecarved out. These apertures in Jacobs’ words, “make roomfor something to come in.” She constructed clean linesachieved through methodical precision and intense focus.Each piece is a product of Jacobs’ intent to find grounding inslowness. She builds coil by coil to form a cellular structure.Shadow Figure (fig. 3), a sizable and strong floor sculpture,was made from 1976-77 during a period of personal chaos.Jacobs envisioned it as a looming shadow that was alwayswith her. Row by row, and with each coil, Shadow Figureembodies steady consistency and meditative repetition. Itreflects the need to pull oneself together and seek a senseof order and calm. Throughout her practice, Jacobs is drawnto examine what exists and lurks in the shadows of oursociety. Her work is about giving shape to the forces andCONNECTED CELLS, BREATHING FORMS 13
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