To read Moby Dick’s clever companion novel, Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslum, was to discover the symbolism of Moby Dick by Herman Melville given new life. The whale, the ship, the sea all appear again as do the intertwined concepts of time, passion, and the journey of self-discovery, but they are all transformed by a female perspective.  How could I not respond to an author who speaks the language of fiber:  “Let me know that into the knot of self comes the thread called time, and that what I am, disgraced or blessed, came from what I was, goes to what I yet may be.” (Ahab’s Wife, p. 233.) Artwork may include any/all: White cotton fabric with paint and dye, silk fabric, Lutradur (painted and disperse-dyed), scorched paper tree wrap, tulle, dyed cheesecloth,vintage polyester scarf scraps, painted gourd buttons, constructed cording, thread, and yarn. Painting, dyeing, machine and hand stitching (with thread and wire), couching, beading. | Sizes vary from approximately 11-16 " h x 8.5-18" w $300 each

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