Fiberworks - A Celebration of South African
Fiber and Textile Artists

Title: Lachesis

Description: This sculptural drawing was made from discarded threads.This piece is a reference to the Greek mythological sisters of fate who used threads as a symbol for human life. Lachesis, the allocator

Title: Night Shelter

Description: This three dimensional work is made from newspaper threads that have been woven stitched and knotted together. The work focuses on shelter as a basic requirement for human survival while suggesting a bed as an essential to the concept of a home

Title: Circulation

Description: This work is about language, perception and the circulation of story threads. The text is obscured as strips of newspaper are twisted into threads. This concealment reflects the ways in which information is filtered, fragmented, and reinterpreted as it moves through social systems

Title: Dispersed narratives

Description: This work is made from newspaper threads that are woven, patterned and arranged to suggest a patchwork. In this work, thread symbolises the individual intersecting with collective histories.

Angeline-Ann Le Roux