I have been accepted in the 2017 Statewide Annual
Painting and Sculpture exhibition here in Salt Lake. And my piece won honorable
mention! This is Species of Concern: San Rafael Cactus and depicts a very rare
and endangered species of cactus that only grows on a small strip of Utah’s San
Rafael Swell. It spends most of its life underground during cold or dry
seasons. Its rare appearance and diminutive size makes it easily overlooked
during the few days it emerges to flower every year.
I made the sculpture out of paper yarn to
emphasize its fragility. Another sculpture that was not accepted focused on the
state flower Sego Lily. Here is a picture below. I have a pattern for the sego
lily to be knit in wool and converted to a brooch that will be published soon. But
the cactus was too improvisational to make a pattern of…maybe later I can work
on the pattern.
Edited to add: I have published the pattern for the Sego Lily Brooch. You can find it on my ravelry page here.
Edited to add: I have published the pattern for the Sego Lily Brooch. You can find it on my ravelry page here.
