7ak EMBRACED BY NATURE II embroidered viscose, flax, cotton, polyester, metal filament, PVA fabric 25” x 9” x 7” 63.5 x 22.75 x 17.75 cm, 2004 $9,000

4ak GLOBAL HAND TO HAND, ALL AROUND hardened embroidered lace 15.75" x 15.75" x 15.75", 2003 $6,500

Selected permanent collections and exhibition venues: Museum of Kyoto, Japan (5th, 6th International Textile Competition – traveling exhibitions); Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia; Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland (International Triennials of Tapestry); Barbican Centre, London, England (Art of the Stitch); Nagoya, Japan (In Our Hands); Ljubljana, Slovenia (Written in Threads); Tønder Museum, Denmark; Museum of Decorative Applied Arts, Riga, Latvia; Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt, Germany; Central Marine Museum, Gydnia, Poland; Palais des Expositions, Saint-Etienne, France (International Biennial Design Festival); Museo del Tessuto, Prato, Italy. Recipient: Kreinik Award, Art of the Stitch, London, England; ITF Excellence Award, 6th International Textile Competition, Kyoto, Japan. 4ak Detail GLOBAL HAND TO HAND, ALL AROUND

Statement: The tactility of the interweaving in the fibrous works I create, like their transparency and coloring, are subordinate to reflection, message and sensitivity, and to addressing the visual play of perception between the mimetic and the abstract. The variegated textile body implied by the title “Em-braced by Nature”, represents the decomposing, died-away leaf, shaped in a narrative, transparent human shell. This work tries to tell the history of clothes in which humans have used natural fibers to cover the body The work attempts to express, in a simple form, the relationship between humanity and nature. The sensitivity towards the ecological aspects of nature are crystallized in the body form which, created partially by burned-out lace, is patterned after a woman's body. Though a small work, it involves the contemplation on the meaning of garments and produced by beauty, and appeals to a precisely handcrafted network of yarns, that looks like natural veins. With fragility, this work tries to allude to some unknown fears of the 21st Century. The expressive power of clothes attempts to make us think about the importance of the natural environment and the life.                                                                                                 Anda Klancic

7ak Detail EMBRACED BY NATURE II