Terra is a reversible textile art tapestry in jute and natural fiber. The weaver’s knot and the Mohair knot were used to create permanent connections, joined on both sides by the versatile and decorative cross knot.
The Mohair knot is of ingenious execution, however, in obtaining mohair wool, neither the care nor the good treatment of these animals is considered at any time.
In Japan the land is supposed to be carried by a huge fish. Is carried in India for a turtle. Among the Amerindians by a snake. In Egypt by a scarab. In Southeast Asia by an elephant.
Milan Kundera wrote that “the true moral test of humanity, its fundamental test consists in its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: the animals. And in this sense humanity has suffered a defeat. A defeat so fundamental that all the others come from there”
The Terra tapestry tells us about the earth as an element as opposed to air or water; the cotton and jute strings communicate transcendence and universality. Black and jute as elements of natural and cultural selection.
Terra — reversible textile art tapestry, earth and life cycle
“For the Aztecs, the goddess Earth has two opposite aspects: she is the nurturing mother that allows us to live on her vegetation; on the other hand, it demands the dead, on which it feeds itself, and is in this sense destructive ”(Dictionary of Symbols, Chevalier)
The Terra wall tapestry is reversible thanks to the selection of knots. It is the rhythm and natural movement of each string, of each natural fiber.
It is connected to its counterpart the Tapestry COCO
TERRA — reversible textile art tapestry in jute and natural fiber. Limited edition
