Reality/Emulation
by Donna L. Lish
What is the actual essence of anything if not a set of perceptible properties? An observer validates that which is viewed. As one investigator who delves into the realms of consciousness, I have explored and implemented a coalescence of my mental and emotional domains with the physical manifestations inherent in art making.
I regard my process as an emergency from my senses to decipher what is abstract; that which is concealed in my cumulative intellect, my ultimate construct. In my vision, there is distinction between 'what it looks like and what truthfully is'.
As an observer I am immersed in visual cues which impart what follows. My means is through stitches- knitted and crocheted- as each stitch, in its script-like looping, enhances the composite of my complex repertoire. My sculptures are artifacts of an incessant drifting of emotions liberated from constraints of my life. There is fragile illumination; therapeutic rhythm.
My perspective of reality is a language, a script- on some earthly plane, decoded or not. I continue to be the unrelenting witness, contending with the tension between what is and what is actually seen in the mirror of my intimate vision.
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The act of counting is inherent in knitting, crocheting, and beading: threads per ply, stitches or beads per row, rows per inch. Double and triple crochet produce open spaces in a fabric. Single crochet and stockinette are samples of tighter interlacing and can be altered with the thickness of thread, size of needle or hook.
My explorations integrate all the variables while I calculate and count out progress in my own pulse of accuracy. Process is intuitive, experiential, yet deviant from preconceived anticipations.
I consider the spirit of a book, the essence of a container—functional purpose subsumed by intellectual impression. A book is the splay of pages, the drape from a binding, the script-like looping of stitches. A container is in keeping—an idea, wish, history, confession. Making objects records a presence through time that defines and tethers me.
Donna L. Lish/Thread Count
Commissions are fashioned to your desired vision.
Proposals for interdisciplinary textile construction, as well as courses in knitting, crocheting, and beading are available.
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