Fiber Optics Galaxy I

Media: abaca and resin

Statement:
The Artistic Beauty of Science is the title for the artwork I am submitting to Fluid Practices. Made with over-beaten and pigmented abaca embedded in resin, the title references fiber optic cables streaming across the universe at the speed of light, and a kaleidoscope of colors.

Fiber Optics Galaxy II

Media: abaca and resin

Statement:
This work celebrates the brilliant hues, given off by fiber optics as they speed through the universe, beyond what the eye can see and what our imaginations can ponder. A celebration of light, sound, and color.

Fiber Optics Galaxy III

Media: abaca and resin

Statement:
The very same abaca, used by ancient writers to make parchment onto which they recorded their own discoveries, was carefully applied to the resin as a symbolic way of connecting this ancient writing surface with modern modes of communication.

Biography

Meg Black has been a practicing artist working with natural fibers for over thirty years. Her focus on nature’s palette yields stunning landscapes, seascapes, abstracts, and garden views.
Meg received a PhD. from Lesley University, an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art, and a BFA from SUNY, Oswego.

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