SCAF Emerging Artists 2023 Exhibition Catalogue
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OLGA PRINKU<br />
The light in your eye<br />
Textile/Embroidery<br />
80cm x 80cm x 80cm<br />
A representation of a human eye using<br />
dried branches of silver birch (Betula<br />
pendula) and dried flowers of mangles<br />
everlasting (Rhodanthe manglesii) and<br />
riceflower (Ozothamnus diosmifolius),<br />
woven into tulle fabric. Like sunlight<br />
glinting through a forest, the gold leaf<br />
backing to the pupil highlights the<br />
metaphorical “light in one’s eyes” that is<br />
said to be a window to the soul. The use<br />
of natural materials embodies light as<br />
being, through photosythesis, the root of<br />
all life. The combination of inward- and<br />
outward-growing branch-work speaks<br />
to how information enters our minds and<br />
we “shed light” on the world through our<br />
understanding.<br />
<strong>Emerging</strong> Artist <strong>2023</strong> Award<br />
www.prinku.com
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