Antique textiles, cotton thread, acrylic paint.
102 x 102 cm
THE UNQUIET DAYS
CLAUDIA MAZZOTTA
Claudia Mazzotta's multidisciplinary practice is anchored by an experimental textile process. Her work consists of hand stitching on old fabrics, often several centuries old. These textiles have been collected from various origins.
With each stitch made meticulously by hand, Mazzotta engraves stories of life onto textiles, rejecting the structured tradition of embroidery. She considers her needle and thread to be drawing tools.
Mazzotta begins with studies of the intended subject using various mediums. Knowing that repetition will allow for intimacy and the unexpected to take hold. Mazzotta sees the structure of her work as an investigation of 'the intangible'.