MARINA HOLLAND
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"There is no short-cut to any place worth going."
​ Beverley Silla
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Title: 'Caches from the Homeland" (2001)    Size: 68xcm x 100cm    SOLD
"Caches from the Homeland" gives an idea of the small treasured items that immigrants, such as two of my grandparents, brought from Europe over a hundred years ago.
​How were the items wrapped for the long sea voyage to Australia? What was in them?
This piece explores the idea of private treasure, which may have been papers, jewellery, a photo, button-hook, heirloom needlework, seeds or tools. They might have been wrapped in silk, rags, or anything in between, depending on what was available in that final gathering-together before the voyage.
The piece was made by creating 'parcels' from hand-dyed fabrics ranging from worn-out trouser scraps to silks and lace. Oriental and vintage fabrics are used to create diverse cultural references. Each parcel has been wrapped and bound. The parcels were then hand-stitched together to create a richly-dimensional, beaded top surface for the quilt. The edge was left irregular to suggest parcels of different sizes bundled together.
Image: Terrence Bogue
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  "Caches from the Homeland" (Detail)    Image:Terrence Bogue                                                     
"There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is there risk you cannot afford not to take."  
​Peter Drucker

Picture
Title: "Treasures from the Homeland" (2001)     Size: 90cm x 120cm     SOLD
"Treasures from the Homeland" gives an image of parcels, each piece representing a treasured item brought by an immigrant (in the case of my grandparents-from Europe, over a hundred years ago).
The private treasure may have been papers, jewellery, a photo, button-hook, heirloom needlework, seeds or tools. They might have been wrapped in silk, rags, or anything in between, depending on what was available in that final gathering-together before the voyage. Juxtaposing cheap and expensive fabrics speaks of a range of personal circumstances, but all are bound lovingly to protect the treasure inside, here suggested by the embroidery and sparkling beads on the parcels.
​The piece is made of hand-dyed fabrics of many types, machine-pieced and quilted, with hand-embroidery and beading.
Image: Terrence Bogue
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       "Treasures from the Homeland" (Detail)  Image: Terrence Bogue
                                 "Jump."   Joseph Campbell
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    • Gallery: 2016 to Present
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