Whhoooo!
i am thrilled.
I just learned that i will be featured in issue 29, sept/oct of Selvedge.
I entered a competition in the april/may issue and as the winner my work will be published in the later issue.
Selvedge magazine is a bi-monthly publication dedicated to " a belief system based on a cerebral and sensual addiction to textiles in all forms". Fashion, travel, interiors, shopping and fine art are all characteristics of Selvedge. For me it was their use of beautiful illustrations that first bewitched me, so you can imagine how happy i am to now be amongst them. For any one interested in craft, beauty, colour and textiles Selvedge will certainly feed your addiction.
Their website can be found here.
This is the Linoprint which will be featured, it accompanies a poem by Sujata Bhatt called In Her Green Dress, She Is.
In Her Green Dress, She Is
--Sujata Bhatt
(1905)
In her green dress, she is
the background and the foreground -
A green dress the colour
of iris stems,
the ones in the background -
A green dress
the colour of iris stems against grass -
Green on green on green -
She is the foreground
and the background -
Her face intent because
she's listening to a bird in the distance -
a single bird - persistent -
calling again and again -
Its song slit, cleft -
rising and falling
and rising again through the stillness.
Its song clinging to the leaves -
A melody
that must have moved Bach -
Her face intent because irises
have flung themselves open in the heat:
Blue petals arched like so many little blue tongues
tasting the air -
Those yellow hearts cannot hide anymore.
Even the black stones, the oval shaped
black stones of her necklace
can see you
It is June: Full of Humid Shadows,
purple clouds - it will rain
in an hour. The irises will sway
in the wind - a few stems will
get bent by the rain - broken -
and her green dress will get drenched
along with the grass
where the stems will lie
broken -
But she will walk away
laughing - she will walk slowly
lingering in the green wetness
--Sujata Bhatt
(1905)
In her green dress, she is
the background and the foreground -
A green dress the colour
of iris stems,
the ones in the background -
A green dress
the colour of iris stems against grass -
Green on green on green -
She is the foreground
and the background -
Her face intent because
she's listening to a bird in the distance -
a single bird - persistent -
calling again and again -
Its song slit, cleft -
rising and falling
and rising again through the stillness.
Its song clinging to the leaves -
A melody
that must have moved Bach -
Her face intent because irises
have flung themselves open in the heat:
Blue petals arched like so many little blue tongues
tasting the air -
Those yellow hearts cannot hide anymore.
Even the black stones, the oval shaped
black stones of her necklace
can see you
It is June: Full of Humid Shadows,
purple clouds - it will rain
in an hour. The irises will sway
in the wind - a few stems will
get bent by the rain - broken -
and her green dress will get drenched
along with the grass
where the stems will lie
broken -
But she will walk away
laughing - she will walk slowly
lingering in the green wetness
4 comments:
Wow, congratulations! I love Selvedge!!! The lady in the green dess print is very powerful, did you use the poem as inspiration?
Wow! Congratulations! I love your piece and can see why it was chosen to be featured! Woohoo!!!
Beautiful image of an angel in a green dress. I love Selvedge to bits and I look forward to seeing her in print. Your work is really lovely.
Congratulations. I used to subscribe to Selvedge but something had to give when times got hard!
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