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For me, colour and texture rule and most of the inspiration feeding my imagination comes from the natural world. I see knitting as art, as viable as any other, and no matter what the tool or preferred palette, in human hands, magic happens. Jane Email: jane@janethornley.com
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Recent Blog Entries
Sunday, January 04, 2009THE COLORS OF AUSTRALIA The colors of a continent Find a country, any country, and chances are certain colors will come to mind, often repeated across vast vistas and icons. At first, I found it difficult to choose one iconic color 'story' amid so many rich and vaired offerings—for instance, would it be the luminous technicolor of the Great Barrier Reef or the brilliant glory of color on the wing? But, in truth, one reoccurring color blend rolls out across the country like a song building deep in the heart, a refrain which repeats itself in the indigenous rusts and red ochres, the grey-green of gum leaves, and rainforests hues. All the amazing rainbow wildlife aside, these are the hues that speak to me. The aboriginals have always spoken in the color of the land. Their dreamtime imagery speaks of links between people and animals, spirit and earth. Aboriginal art, whether it be a sand painting or a pictograph, is often worked in raw ochres, whites and yellows, revealing how much an artist can really do with only a few colors. I'm awed by the power of Aboriginal expression, am amazed by the swirl of color and pattern worked on wood or stone surfaces.  Aboriginal dreamtime colors When I look out over a vast gum forest I see those same colors echoed in the landcape. ..  The red gum trees ...and I'm compelled to collect those hues and an Australian-inspired design brews in my head.  The colors adhere to my needles... |
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