chicken wire

 

Wrapping the chicken wire in turmeric dyed garden twine made something hard and industrial into something quite comfortable to hold in my fingers.  I liked the colour and with some parts uncovered, the covered areas were emphasized.

When I retrieved the chicken wire from the shed for my project, I had two small rolls of it and one had sections missing.  I thought to use the more complete one and was considering how might I manipulate it into a basket shape, but it's original cylindrical tower shape seemed appealing somehow.  I liked it's height and I didn't want to cut it or bend it. I liked its natural form, if it could ever have one as a man-made object.

I worked on coating it in twine over several nights.