

Another material found quite often is a sandstone or lime stone in a subdued yellow.
Somehow I feel at home in these colors, although I never thought they would be favourites of mine.
Why do I find them related to snakes? There is a snake called copper snake or slowworm. And maybe it is because of a bronze sculpture in our local zoo. It shows two snakes that got entangled so heavily with each other that both died. A sign of bad surveilance of animals which would probably not happen today. I used to stare at it when I was a child, oscillating between horror and enthusiasm, stroking the metal bodies.

If these are the local spirits, they are said to provide wealth, but also to be moody.
I will not test their mood by incorporating real snake skin, although there is a little piece resting in my drawer. But something tells me not to. Did I see a twinkle?
4 comments:
I love the colour of the weathered copper...you live in a very beautiful city. Thanks for sharing the photos.
Jacky xox
Eva-Maria - those first two photos - if I squeeze my eyes they get intermingled - the colors are just the same - wow!
And the squares - they gloom, they shine, they sparkle - I love them so much! You are so good at mixing color and texture - and all those lovely stitches - hand stitched of course - add so much character to your pieces!
It is such a pleasure to zoom in - into your work and your world!
Schoenen zweiten Adventssonntag morgen!
eva..its nice to see a picture of where you are... i spent quite awhile last evening reading your mother's reminisces. i was quite touched. such a difficult time. i wish we as a world could learn from these experiences and never have these awful things happen again. and yet we don't . its so important to tell our stories. if we keep telling maybe someday....
What an interesting story about the snakes. I think we all have a connection with certain colors because of where we grew up, I know that there will always be something about the color of the old red barns against the corn and wheat fields back home. It stirs a longing in me that is hard to explain since I really hate the place I grew up. I think it is deeper than we realize at times. The work you have been doing lately is lovely. Very earthy and almost primal. I love it!
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