Andrea
Klar - by Nigel A JAMES
The
Gathering of Threads
The
art of true weaving is the gathering of thoughts and putting them as
one in a woven display of colourful reflection. And weavers, just
like Andrea Klar, have much to relate, and for them this is good so,
for their medium is one of the finest of all. And, becoming one of
the finest, as Andrea can confirm, requires more than just
learning!
It
is the seeing eye and the openness of feeling that count. They are
essential for the inspiration that takes root and expands before
moving on into patterns and then into works. And, Andrea's
creativity is based mainly on the places she visits, and Baden near
Vienna, the small town where she lives, is a more-than perfect hub
for her travels abroad.
From
England come her feelings for the softness of watery expression, from
Scandinavia come the fine natural shades of the pastel, from Holland
the tumult of maritime storms, and, from Italy – one of her
favourite countries – come the very stark colours of passionate
life; and these are the colours that show most in her work!
And
her work is not only herself, but also the people she knows. Along
the way she has managed to build up a string of connections that
count very much in more than one way. People, too, are inspirational.
Nature provides the colour, it us who make up the threads!
And
Andrea's thread is set to continue. The art of true weaving is the
gathering of thoughts and putting them as one in a woven display of
colourful reflection, and Andrea's ideas keep coming and coming, and,
as long as they come, so will her work!
Woven Southern Life! Work by Andrea Klar
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