This Playa Poncho was the
first design I sketched out for my artist in residency for Black Rock Desert
but it is almost the last one to be finished. Such small stitches!
The playa is such a dominant
feature of the National Conservation Area that I had to create something that
showed the vast bands of color. And, I wanted to pay homage
to two of the main features, Old Razorback Mountain and Black Rock Point.
Black Rock Point is on one
side and Old Razorback is on the other so you can truly wrap yourself in the playa
of Black Rock Desert.
As I say in the pattern: A flat lakebed ringed by rugged and rocky mountains make up
the minimalist landscape of the Black Rock Desert Playa. A vast plain gives the
sense of endless sand surrounded by a band of umber mountains with the wide
expanse of blue sky open above. This sense of being laid bare is unique to such
a flat, open and remote place as Black Rock Desert.
Beautiful!
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