RACHEL ENG
  • Debris
  • deliberate pace
  • Muhlygrass
  • Buried
  • Residue
  • To displace something
  • faults & seams
  • Itoshima
    • Growth III
  • Growth IV . Rehydration II
  • re-orienting
  • seek & search
  • even out
  • Irreversible Results
  • Cause & Effect
  • Disasters Not Covered
  • Rehydration
  • Growth II
  • Microcosm & Plexus
  • Stay on the Path
  • CV - WORDS
  • Contact
  • Archive
    • Growth
    • Cascade
    • Plane
    • Where (I) Can (I) Find You
    • The High Cost
    • Accidents
    • Bouquets
    • Rue
    • This can't exist without ___
    • Aggregates
    • Spawn
  • Debris
  • deliberate pace
  • Muhlygrass
  • Buried
  • Residue
  • To displace something
  • faults & seams
  • Itoshima
    • Growth III
  • Growth IV . Rehydration II
  • re-orienting
  • seek & search
  • even out
  • Irreversible Results
  • Cause & Effect
  • Disasters Not Covered
  • Rehydration
  • Growth II
  • Microcosm & Plexus
  • Stay on the Path
  • CV - WORDS
  • Contact
  • Archive
    • Growth
    • Cascade
    • Plane
    • Where (I) Can (I) Find You
    • The High Cost
    • Accidents
    • Bouquets
    • Rue
    • This can't exist without ___
    • Aggregates
    • Spawn
RACHEL ENG
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Cause & Effect, sandbags, yarn, metallic thread, 112''x150'', 2016

Weather is uncontrollable, but our impact on the planet can cause it to change more drastically.  This tapestry like piece is composed of burlap green sand bags stitched together with yarn and then embroidered with metallic gold arrows in patterns considering wind and ocean currents.  The arrows are in a circle, a form that evokes the idea of solar flares on the sun, a swirling hurricane, or even a swarm of fish in the ocean.  The use of sand bags is increasingly common in areas where flooding from coasts or rivers is prevalent.  These bags will not stop the rising water but a human response to try and protect what is meaningful to us.  Stitched together these sandbags create a form similar to a quilt for protection.
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