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Sue Akerman

Fragile Balance

Fragile Balance
Sue Akerman


Title: Fragile Balance

Description: I am inspired by the country I love and my roots are well entrenched in its soil. My concern is for the environment. I am saddened by the power and greed of individuals who continue to destroy our heritage for personal gain. Our precious planet - well taken care of - is the only gift we can ensure for future generations.

I chose to work with teabags because of their fragility.
The balance of nature is just as fragile.
We have a choice: extinction or preservation.

Dimensions: 25cm X 25cm

Materials: Hessian, chamois leather, teabags.
Machine and Hand Embroidery.
Photocopy transfers.

Exhibition: Major Minors I




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Identification I

Identification I
Sue Akerman


Title: Identification I

Description: The Tsunami struck.
Shattering images.
So far, yet so close,
Bodies. Bagged.
Row upon row.
Children swept away
out of their mothers arms.
I am a mother,
I wept for them.
Internalizing.
My fear of loss.
The search, the fear,
The loss - death.
Identification.

Dimensions: 25 cm x 25 cm

Materials: Faces are made from Das clay.
Old Victorian handkerchiefs were used, all fabrics silk.
Machine embroidered.

Exhibition: MAJOR MINORS II




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Identification II

Identification II
Sue Akerman


Title: Identification II

Description: This is part of a body of work about the Tsunami which hit the East on December 24 2004. My feelings of despair as we watched children being washed out of their mothers arms, people lost and the identification that then had to happen.

Dimensions: 25cm x 25cm

Materials: Faces are made from Das clay.
Old Victorian handkerchiefs were used, all fabrics silk.
Machine embroidered.

Exhibition: Major Minors II




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AFRICAN TSUNAMI 1 2 and 3 in gold frames

AFRICAN TSUNAMI 1 2 and 3 in gold frames
Sue Akerman


Title: AFRICAN TSUNAMI 1 2 and 3 in gold frames

Description: A wave of extinction
Precious lives lost
When will it stop?
When will they listen?
HIV,aids and crime
No immunity
Pain

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Materials: These are constructed out of old victorian handkerchiefs. These being symbolic of the grief that we feel when death touches us, as well as bearing the conotation that no one is immune from this Tsunami. No matter how careful or precious we are.
The faces were constructed from a mould made of das clay. This was then smeared with vaseline and clay pressed into the mould to make the face. They were sanded if necessary.

Exhibition: Fibreworks IV




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AFRICAN TSUNAMI 4

AFRICAN TSUNAMI 4
Sue Akerman


Title: AFRICAN TSUNAMI 4

Description: Cacoons made of felt..faces with das clay..The frame constucted with polystyrene and paper mache.

Dimensions: 120 x 30cm

Materials: Das clay faces and paper mache

Exhibition: Fibreworks IV




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5 + 5 = 10

5 + 5 = 10
Sue Akerman


Title: 5 + 5 = 10

Description: We are who we are -
because of where we came from.
It may be painful,
it may be good,
it may be bad,
but we are who we are -
because of where we came from.

history does not change - nor do memories
to go back is to die - to old faults.
To go forward is to live - for future generations.

Dimensions: 40 X 75CM

Materials:

Exhibition: Fibreworks TEN




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Tense

Tense
Sue Akerman


Title: Tense

Description: This piece is a witness to 10 days of our lives through the media.

Towards the end of 2006 it seemed that crime and violence were spiralling out of control.
I wondered how it would read if I kept the headlines to 30 days of the paper. well, I kept ten days beginning on the 3rd of January 2007. 10 days was enough.
It was ..it is.......bone chilling.


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Exhibition: Fibreworks TEN




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      books2Books by Sue Akerman - "Wearable Dreams Out of Africa" - ISBN: 0958-422710


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