FIBERWORKS - A CELEBRATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN
FIBER AND TEXTILE ARTISTS

Title: By A Thread
Ntombikayise

Description: The work entitled "By a Thread" combines embroidery and writing done on my sewing machine, with beadwork done by women of the Amangwe Zulu Beadwork Project, the threads of our handwork pulling together our shared concern with HIV and AIDS.

The work consists of eight panels, each named after a person affected by AIDS. Each panel also depicts different ways of coping with AIDS.

There is symbolism with cultural references in the objects used in these collages. The beaded discs are used as decorations on traditional Zulu hats, the serviettes onto which they are sewn, speak of nourishing and serving in European culture, while the reedmats reflect a multitude of Zulu occasions, including burial.

In juxtaposing my handwork with that of tribal Zulu women, I suggest that people across the social spectrum are affected and that differences in culture and background lead to different approaches to craftmaking, as well as to handling the disease and to finding solutions.

"Obucu obuhle obuhamba ngabuningi" Zulu proverb.
(Beautiful beads together make even greater beauty.)

Title: By A Thread
Jabulisile

Description: The work entitled "By a Thread" combines embroidery and writing done on my sewing machine, with beadwork done by women of the Amangwe Zulu Beadwork Project, the threads of our handwork pulling together our shared concern with HIV and AIDS.

The work consists of eight panels, each named after a person affected by AIDS. Each panel also depicts different ways of coping with AIDS.

There is symbolism with cultural references in the objects used in these collages. The beaded discs are used as decorations on traditional Zulu hats, the serviettes onto which they are sewn, speak of nourishing and serving in European culture, while the reedmats reflect a multitude of Zulu occasions, including burial.

In juxtaposing my handwork with that of tribal Zulu women, I suggest that people across the social spectrum are affected and that differences in culture and background lead to different approaches to craftmaking, as well as to handling the disease and to finding solutions.

"Obucu obuhle obuhamba ngabuningi" Zulu proverb.
(Beautiful beads together make even greater beauty.)

Title: By A Thread
Ngoneni

Description: The work entitled "By a Thread" combines embroidery and writing done on my sewing machine, with beadwork done by women of the Amangwe Zulu Beadwork Project, the threads of our handwork pulling together our shared concern with HIV and AIDS.

The work consists of eight panels, each named after a person affected by AIDS. Each panel also depicts different ways of coping with AIDS.

There is symbolism with cultural references in the objects used in these collages. The beaded discs are used as decorations on traditional Zulu hats, the serviettes onto which they are sewn, speak of nourishing and serving in European culture, while the reedmats reflect a multitude of Zulu occasions, including burial.

In juxtaposing my handwork with that of tribal Zulu women, I suggest that people across the social spectrum are affected and that differences in culture and background lead to different approaches to craftmaking, as well as to handling the disease and to finding solutions.

"Obucu obuhle obuhamba ngabuningi" Zulu proverb

Title: By A Thread
Nthombi

Description: The work entitled "By a Thread" combines embroidery and writing done on my sewing machine, with beadwork done by women of the Amangwe Zulu Beadwork Project, the threads of our handwork pulling together our shared concern with HIV and AIDS.

The work consists of eight panels, each named after a person affected by AIDS. Each panel also depicts different ways of coping with AIDS.

There is symbolism with cultural references in the objects used in these collages. The beaded discs are used as decorations on traditional Zulu hats, the serviettes onto which they are sewn, speak of nourishing and serving in European culture, while the reedmats reflect a multitude of Zulu occasions, including burial.

In juxtaposing my handwork with that of tribal Zulu women, I suggest that people across the social spectrum are affected and that differences in culture and background lead to different approaches to craftmaking, as well as to handling the disease and to finding solutions.

"Obucu obuhle obuhamba ngabuningi" Zulu proverb

Title: By A Thread
Bongekhile

Description: The work entitled "By a Thread" combines embroidery and writing done on my sewing machine, with beadwork done by women of the Amangwe Zulu Beadwork Project, the threads of our handwork pulling together our shared concern with HIV and AIDS.

The work consists of eight panels, each named after a person affected by AIDS. Each panel also depicts different ways of coping with AIDS.

There is symbolism with cultural references in the objects used in these collages. The beaded discs are used as decorations on traditional Zulu hats, the serviettes onto which they are sewn, speak of nourishing and serving in European culture, while the reedmats reflect a multitude of Zulu occasions, including burial.

In juxtaposing my handwork with that of tribal Zulu women, I suggest that people across the social spectrum are affected and that differences in culture and background lead to different approaches to craftmaking, as well as to handling the disease and to finding solutions.

"Obucu obuhle obuhamba ngabuningi" Zulu proverb

Title: By A Thread
Khongeni

Description: The work entitled "By a Thread" combines embroidery and writing done on my sewing machine, with beadwork done by women of the Amangwe Zulu Beadwork Project, the threads of our handwork pulling together our shared concern with HIV and AIDS.

The work consists of eight panels, each named after a person affected by AIDS. Each panel also depicts different ways of coping with AIDS.

There is symbolism with cultural references in the objects used in these collages. The beaded discs are used as decorations on traditional Zulu hats, the serviettes onto which they are sewn, speak of nourishing and serving in European culture, while the reedmats reflect a multitude of Zulu occasions, including burial.

In juxtaposing my handwork with that of tribal Zulu women, I suggest that people across the social spectrum are affected and that differences in culture and background lead to different approaches to craftmaking, as well as to handling the disease and to finding solutions.

"Obucu obuhle obuhamba ngabuningi" Zulu proverb

Title: By A Thread
Jabhile

Description: The work entitled "By a Thread" combines embroidery and writing done on my sewing machine, with beadwork done by women of the Amangwe Zulu Beadwork Project, the threads of our handwork pulling together our shared concern with HIV and AIDS.

The work consists of eight panels, each named after a person affected by AIDS. Each panel also depicts different ways of coping with AIDS.

There is symbolism with cultural references in the objects used in these collages. The beaded discs are used as decorations on traditional Zulu hats, the serviettes onto which they are sewn, speak of nourishing and serving in European culture, while the reedmats reflect a multitude of Zulu occasions, including burial.

In juxtaposing my handwork with that of tribal Zulu women, I suggest that people across the social spectrum are affected and that differences in culture and background lead to different approaches to craftmaking, as well as to handling the disease and to finding solutions.

"Obucu obuhle obuhamba ngabuningi" Zulu proverb

Title: By A Thread
Pelsiwe

Description: The work entitled "By a Thread" combines embroidery and writing done on my sewing machine, with beadwork done by women of the Amangwe Zulu Beadwork Project, the threads of our handwork pulling together our shared concern with HIV and AIDS.

The work consists of eight panels, each named after a person affected by AIDS. Each panel also depicts different ways of coping with AIDS.

There is symbolism with cultural references in the objects used in these collages. The beaded discs are used as decorations on traditional Zulu hats, the serviettes onto which they are sewn, speak of nourishing and serving in European culture, while the reedmats reflect a multitude of Zulu occasions, including burial.

In juxtaposing my handwork with that of tribal Zulu women, I suggest that people across the social spectrum are affected and that differences in culture and background lead to different approaches to craftmaking, as well as to handling the disease and to finding solutions.

"Obucu obuhle obuhamba ngabuningi" Zulu proverb

Title: Loveletters 1

Description: These four works are a comparison between the loveletters that Ngoneni Kubekha and I sent to our boyfriends in the 1970's. Our lives and skills were seemingly worlds apart,yet there are so many similarities under the surface, which transcend all differences.

Title: Loveletter 2

Description: These four works are a comparison between the loveletters that Ngoneni Kubekha and I sent to our boyfriends in the 1970's. Our lives and skills were seemingly worlds apart,yet there are so many similarities under the surface, which transcend all differences.

Title: Loveletter 3

Description: These four works are a comparison between the loveletters that Ngoneni Kubekha and I sent to our boyfriends in the 1970's. Our lives and skills were seemingly worlds apart,yet there are so many similarities under the surface, which transcend all differences.

Title: Loveletter 4

Description: These four works are a comparison between the loveletters that Ngoneni Kubekha and I sent to our boyfriends in the 1970's. Our lives and skills were seemingly worlds apart,yet there are so many similarities under the surface, which transcend all differences.

Corina Lemmer
P.O.Box 206
Winterton
3340

Cell: 0834190931
Phone: 27(0)364881616

Email: corinalemmer@mighty.co.za