Marker
March 2, 2010 to March 27, 2010
Marie Watt:
Marker: Arbor
2010 reclaimed wool and satin binding 14.25" x 19.25" Sold
Marie Watt:
Marker: Complete
2010 reclaimed wool and satin binding 23.75" x 24" Sold
Marie Watt:
Marker: Trunk
2010 cedar 71" x 108" x 36" Sold
Marie Watt:
Marker: Trunk (detail)
2010 cedar 71" x 108" x 36" Sold
Marie Watt:
Hearth (1)
2010 cast silver 3" x 2" x 2" Available
Marie Watt:
Marker: Axis Mundi
2010 reclaimed wool and satin binding 14.25" x 14.325" Sold
Marie Watt:
Marker: Lamp
2010 reclaimed wool and satin binding 12.325" x 14.125" Sold
Marie Watt:
Marker: Sky World
2010 reclaimed wool and satin binding 19.75" x 17.75" Sold
Marie Watt:
Marker: Tether
2010 reclaimed wool and satin binding 16.125" x 14.5" Sold
Marie Watt:
Marker: Totem
2010 reclaimed wool and satin binding 15.375" x 11.125" Sold
Artists
Statement
Many native tribes marked trails, water sources and other important areas by tying down saplings so that they would grow into permanent markers.
I am interested in the physical manifestation and human impulse to make markers as vehicles for storytelling, wayfinding, memorializing, and location-siting. With this body of work, I am investigating both abstract and figurative representations of marker as directional sign; act of negation; a common signature for an illiterate; symbol for a kiss; a spot on a map.
I am compelled by how the senses are engaged in memory—how, for example, the touch of wool or the scent of cedar trigger the embodiment of a story.