A gigantic skein of hand spun yarn, straight from the fleece. An attempt to retain the personality and characteristic of the Icelandic highland sheep in the texture of the yarn.First shown at Hjalteyri, group exhibition „Að bjarga heiminum“, 2015
Skein and yarn, Icelandic wool, hand spun.Part of “Ode to the sheep”, shown at Grafíksalur, Reykjavík and Shetland Museum and Archives, 2017
Everything is connected.Look at the helix, or spiral: from far away our galaxy looks like a spiral. The spiral can be found in many plants and animals, we have a spiral on the back of our heads, the rim of our ears is called helix. DNA, the building block of life, is in the form of a spiral.As I am spinning wool into yarn I am making a spiral.(Text inspired by Renate Hiller).
Hespa og garn, íslensk ull, handspunnin
Allt tengist. Sjáðu spiralinn: stjörnukerfið okkar líkist spíral úr fjarlægð. Hann finnst í mörgum plöntum og dýrum. Við erum með hvirfil á höfðinu og kuðung í eyranu. Brúnin á eyrunum okkar er kölluð helix á forngrísku. DNA er snúið.Þegar ég er að spinna ull í band bý ég til spíral.(Sótt í smiðju Renate Hiller).