The following pages will contain an overview of artworks created between the years 2008 and the present. Barkcloth, cotton fabric, and lace are the main ingredients of many of my works.
Artworks
Red Sails…
…in the Sunset For several years, Kay George’s Art Studio on Rarotonga held an exhibition dedicated to Polynesian voyaging. Usually, participating artists bought or made paddles which they then decorated in the medium of their choice. Making a paddle using my textile techniques did not appeal to me. When I first arrived on Atiu, hand-sewn delicate needlepoint…
Fibres across cultures
Early in 2012 I had the opportunity to exhibit some of my works at Massey University in Wellington on occasion of the International Natural Fibre Forum. Cross Cultural Cloth was woven from fabric strips, eco-dyed with leaves from our island and strips of Paper Mulberry bark. Both were enhanced with machine-sewn lace insertions. The two…
Third Space II
In 2008, an unexpected but very welcome opportunity came my way: The chance to study towards a master’s degree in art and design with AUT (Auckland University of Technology) while based on my residential Polynesian island of Atiu (Cook Islands). Though quite challenging and nerve-racking at times, it made me grow and transcend my boundaries.…
Delicate Armour
My sculpture “Home” explores the delicate position of an outsider through the use of lace and the body shape, whose open bottom hints at the lack of roots in an alien environment. It depicts strategies like those of Braidotti’s “nomadic subject […] who passes through and connects with people when necessary for her own survival,…
Andrea Eimke 