Portraits of Randomness

It has been a month since the end of Art Trail open studios, and it seems I've gone off in a completely different direction (again). Here are a couple of the embroidered drawings I've been making using needle and thread and punched holes on Bristol paper. These are inspired in part by other work I've seen here and here.


The threads in these pieces trace the outlines of computer-generated fractals. My aim is to depict chance and randomness as benign facts of life, without which we would not even exist. Planets, galaxies, coastlines, and clouds, are all products of random but ordered processes. Similarly, this art is based on a mathematical principle manifested in an infinite set of variations.

More later on how I arrived at this idea and its connection to mobiles. For now, here are some closeup shots showing the surface texture of these low-relief drawings.