Left: View of Letting Go and Anatomically Correct Hibiscus. The Hibiscus was modified into a wall piece for this exhibit. Below: Round and Pointy, among the coffee and condiments. This plant like creature is a bed of knit spikes with various circles embroidered onto them.
Letting Go, June 2006. Close ups of the roots (bottom right), the flower (left) and the anthers releasing pollen (bottom left). In addition to the pollen release, two petals from the flower are falling down the wall. A fallen petal can also be seen in the rosehip piece (below). The Peace Lily (see the Knit Garden and Process) is also in the midst of letting pollen out of its anthers, though this is portrayed differently. Letting Go was hand-knit using white yarn, which was then dyed and stained with dilute acrylic paint. It also uses embroidery in several different places, on top of the knitted fabric.
Male/Female (Imperfect Flowers). This is the first to have two separate flowers on one plant. The support structure for each flower is external and consists of tinted, cast resin. This support disc is visible in the photo above and the pink flower below. The blue flower bears only stamen (male), while the pink one has three carpels (female).
Left: Anatomically Correct Passionflower, in context. Top right: Knit Piece Of Alaskan Sky. A friend sent me grey yarn when I was working on a fishing boat in Alaska during the winter 2006. The color of this yarn was shockingly similar to the color of the stormy sky. Usually I use pillow stuffing when I need to stuff a piece, but there wasn't any on the boat (surprise, surprise). Instead I found some thick rope, which I shredded until it was fluffy enough to use as stuffing.
Rosehip Decay: from falling petal to rotting berry
Left: A day in July at Front Street. Right: Primrose in the Rain.
all images © 2008 Tatyana Yanishevsky