“2020 Biennial Members Exhibition”
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
February 8, 2020 - November 8, 2020
SCULPTURE
BARBARA M. BERK
THE DESIGN PROCESS
Making "Not a Bow"
Step 1
I pictured "Not a Bow" as a wall sculpture. Here is the first ribbon of lace shaped and pinned to the corkboard. It’s too open; I don’t know what to do with the ends. And it looks too much like my "Bow" Brooch.
Step 2
It took a while to realize that what it needs is more lace. Using black wire-edged polyester ribbon, I mocked up the placement of a 2nd ribbon of stainless steel lace.
Step 3
The 2nd stainless steel ribbon is temporarily stitched in place. But now I have four ends to deal with and I don’t like any of my ideas.
Step 4
Clearly this piece does not want to be wall-mounted, so I took it off the corkboard and placed it on a table. I curved, folded and stitched the ends in place. But the piece was not stable. It could not support the weight of the top curls.
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