Queen Joker
Victim
Prostitute Gambler
Saboteur
King Guide Servant Judge Mother Child Teresita Leal Vampire
Olivos Buenos Aires Argentina
I
am an art quilter in a country where art quilting is almost nonexistent, and traditional quilting not far from unknown, so I prefer to call myself a textile artist. My creative process usually begins when going through my fabrics. I’m taken by their texture and color. I’m currently working with a collage technique that enables me to improvise with great freedom. Each little piece of fabric may be added as an impulse or as the result of prolonged pondering. Systems and structures must be dismantled so that a new life can be born. This piece was meant to be something else, I had prepared everything to make a big piece. It took me some time to start working on it, my mind was a complete blank, and it remained like that for days on end, until I finally decided to go small and just let go.
10
The impulse to destroy and rebuild is archetypal. We are bound to this cycle and therein lies the learning. Finally, a vase came into being. But then, that was not it. It was a novel, strong experience to cut the vase into pieces, and then create something new with them. It felt good and authentic to show this process. Destruction to release that which is destroying us. I have "broken" things several times in my life, maybe even ruthlessly, in order to end situations that were beginning to suffocate me. The power of positive destruction is enormously healing and liberating. I believe that in every case the result was positive, but the process not always smooth. So yes, there is a Destroyer in me, and it has helped me to grow both as an artist and in my personal life.
