Deb Taylor
Method Kaos

Gallery of BC Ceramics November 6-25 Opening Night — November 6

Deb Taylor at MISSA. Gown made of
lissue paper, pipe cleaners and glue.
Tear away design!

Method: a special form af proce-
dure, especially in any branch af
mental acniviry, orderly arrange-
ment of ideas, Greek: methodos —
pursuit of knowledge

Chaos: formless primordial mat-
ter: utter confusion

Method Kaos came about al two
specific times during the past year.
The title came while knitting socks
sitting in a lounge chair in the dap-
pled light of Homby Island. The
work was inspired while attending
M.LS.S.A. in the summer of 2002.
Dorothy Caldwell, a fibre artist from
Ontario, was offering a workshop
in Japanese stitch resist and indigo
dycing. While viewing samples of
hand-stitched fabroc, it was the more
intricate ones that held me. Some of
these stitches required months to
pattern enough cloth for one gar-
ment. [mnagine one crafisman hav-
ing the pleasure of that task! Oh!!
Right up my alley! The complexity
of these designs, using only needle,
thread and cloth was powerful. I
was gobsmacked (British for to be
knocked senseless, overwhelmed!

In preparation for this show, two
big decisions were made. The first,
todo blue (only once before, a freak-
ishly horrific accidental firing re-
sulted). I've discussed and read, for
and agains! arguments regarding

November/December 2003

‘the blue duemma* — over and over and over
— but blue sells. We'll see, which beads to the
second decision made. There won't be a func-
thonal piece in the entire show! I'm steeling
myself for the inevitable question, “What do
you use them for?"

Bluc is associated with the hcavens and has an
uplifting effect on mood. It promotes feelings
of trust and dependability and is often the
colour of service uniforms. So it's not just the
unifonm?

Deb Tavlor

Them meaning 100s, and I mean 100s, of
three sided pods. ranging in size from three to
eight inches long. Interlocking patterns have
been cut inte the pods and filled with coloured
clay. Design outcome depends on how the
pods are arranged. Detail is what it's about
and I'm uckled pink to be labeled as anal-
retentive (anal self explanatory: retentive
tenacious, not forgetful) and ohsessive-com-
pulsive (obsession - unreasonably persistent
in the mind; compulsive - contrary to one's
conscious Wishes). Delustonal could be added
for I like to think of myself as meticulous and
if that’s BAD — spank me ‘til I'm blue.

Deb Taylor Detail from 30,5 x 20.4 em
saripler, Handstitcbed in a continually an-
In closing, bear witness to my first PRO dulating line, indigo dyed,
BLUE PLUG. From Boulevard magazine,
September/October 2003, in the Benjamin
Moore advertisement is ‘The Colour Blue."

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