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A Very Long Day

Elizabeth Paige Smith Tapestries, a visual poem, hand sketched and hand made, using Italian Velvet Wool and a limited desert color palette

A VERY LONG DAY

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emergence / wool velvet / 60 x 55 inches / 2019

 

A VERY LONG DAY is an interconnected series of tapestries which articulate an arc of emotions that arise while one is waiting.

 
 

between 2 cactuses / wool velvet / 96 x 51 inches / 2019

 

traversing instead / wool velvet / 53 x 54 inches / 2019

 

cactus 1 / wool velvet / 39 x 77.5 inches / 2019

 

I waited for you all day / wool velvet / 81 x 72 inches / 2019

 

A VERY LONG DAY is an interconnected series of tapestries which articulate an arc of emotions that arise while one is waiting. Each tapestry is an excerpt of the complete visual poem, 17 unique in total. In the manner of Haiku, the series presents a natural, seemingly commonplace event, communicated with sparse hand-drawn visuals, hand-assembled with a specific color palette out of flat velvet-style pile carpet. 

The tapestries are non-sequential. The scale of this work it’s potential expansion of the overall dimensions is depending on the final installation.

This series has tangential works; pyramid environmental sculptures and a sound installation. WIND PATTERNS takes a deeper dive into the cause and effects of interactions with the environment presenting a micro view of the effects of traversing on the land with effects of the wind after the long day. I WAITED FOR YOU II is an audio focussed installation to be contained in its own space for a fully immersive experience. Please inquire for more information.

 

outta my head / wool velvet / 54 x 73.5 inches / 2019

In the manner of Haiku, the series presents a natural, seemingly commonplace event, communicated with sparse hand-drawn visuals, and fabricated with a limited palette out of flat velvet-style pile carpet. 

manifestation of the guttural / wool velvet / 85.5 x 51.5 inches / 2019

 
 

unshade myself of you / wool velvet / 60 x 47 inches / 2019

 

dream time / wool velvet / 72.5 x 24 inches / 2019

 

girl waiting / wool velvet / 40.5 x 82 inches / 2019

 

i feel the sun / wool velvet / 61 x 73 inches / 2019

 

together apart / wool velvet / 56 x 49 inches / 2019

 

cactus 2 / wool velvet / 27 x 83.5 inches / 2019

 

Each tapestry is an excerpt of the complete visual poem, 17 in total. 

 
 

in the in-between time / wool velvet / 108 x 55 inches / 2019

feel the warmth / wool velvet / 73 x 52 inches / 2019

 

when the outlaw sings / wool velvet / 109 x 70 inches / 2019

cactus 3 / wool velvet / 29 x 64.5 inches / 2019