Skirt 1950

This skirt was made by an anonymous artist, and what interests me is thinking about how it came into being. How it emerged through movement, intuition, and trial. I sympathize with the artist. I imagine what it might have been like to create this skirt. What they might have been thinking when they made it? It’s dark blue, with a set of red stripes at the top and bottom. There are sets of thin lines and a sort of zig zag stitch throughout the skirt. The handwork feels like a conversation, a sort of back and forth. I think about how all artists are in an ongoing exchange of ideas, across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. This skirt is a form of expression, an intimate human act, which embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations.