This is the last piece in a mini-series I folded a couple years ago, playing with complementary painted and lacy patterns. The last piece was light and whimsical, but this piece shifts to solidity and structure. The painted surface and the lace pattern are modeled after the texture of tree bark, with irregular cutouts to suggest the crackling of the bark. The overall form of the vase is intentionally more substantial and weighty like a tree trunk, with more lace higher up suggesting more openness as in the upper parts of a tree.
Since I’m caught up now on older pieces, I’ll be posting about newer work soon!
