by Dawn Patel | Dec 10, 2018 | ancestor dress, ancestry cloth, art, art as initiation, art is a mirror, art process, artist, awakening, Brilliant Stranger, embodiment, non-duality, performance, women's circles
This is the Cloak I began early this year, at that time I was calling it “Cape.” I went to an artist’s residency in Mexico with the intention of making a fiber cocoon, in which to perform my embodiment process. What I ended up making was a wearable...
by Dawn Patel | Apr 15, 2017 | ancestor dress, ancestor dresses, ancestry cloth, ancestry clothing, art, art and nature, art is a hammer, art is a mirror, art is a needle and thread, art quotes, artist, artists journey, artists process
“Art is a mirror to nature.” ShakespeareHouse in the Woods 1989“Art is not a mirror held up to realitybut a hammer with which to shape it.” Bertolt BrechtThe Gulf Stream 1995“In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 2, 2016 | ancestor dress, ancestor dresses, ancestry cloth, ancestry clothing, art, contemporary art, contemporary storytelling, gypsy, immigrant, indigenous culture, nomad, Standing Rock, surivivors, wearable art
Ancestry Cloth is an esoteric act, a symbolic act, a metaphor for the immigrant, for the nomad, for the wanderer. It is a daily meditation, weaving together a forgetful monochromatic present with the colors and patterns just beyond memory. When I’m cutting...
by Dawn Patel | Oct 5, 2016 | ancestor dress, ancestors, ancestry cloth, ancestry clothing, art, art process, Brilliant Stranger, dawn patel art, heritage, immigrant, india, indian immigrant, lineage, sari. saree, wearable art
To speak of Ancestors of to speak of the past in its human form. Dad leaving IndiaAn Ancestor Cape I finished this weekAll my life I’ve thought about India. Before I was born my father left on a ship. It set his life on a course that took him...
