INTERWOVEN I
An intimate, creative and poetic conversation with nature. Slowing time by tuning into the slow growth of lichens and learning how to embroider traces of memory left behind by the lichens’ biodiversity into the biocanvas.
Embroidery native Red Triangle Slug (Triboniophorus graeffei) (detail)
Embroidery lichens species, Filamentose, Foliose, Fruticose and Crustose (detail)
Embroidery Lichen moths camouflage (detail)
Embroidery Planthopper (Siphanta acuta) (detail)
Lichens biodiversity embroidery
Interwoven I (2024) is about slowing down time by tuning into the slow growth of lichens and their adaptability to seasonal and environmental changes.
Stich by stich, Ferracin learnt how to embroider traces of memory left behind by the lichens’ biodiversity into the biocanvas.
In Interwoven I, the artist intimately converses with nature and lichens in a spontaneous, creative, and poetic way.
The Latin and common names of the selected biodiversity series are used to underline the dichotomy between a colonial and Anthropocentric culture that seeks to catalogue each species to create knowledge and order, with nature, which lives by following the natural cycles of the planet.
Artwork details
| Artwork | Interwoven I (2024) |
| Material | Embroidery on linen, galvanised metal squared tube, magnets |
| Dimensions | 222(L) x 37(W) cm 26(W) x 37(L) cm - individual piece |
| Price | $250 per piece |
| Exhibition |
Marta Ferracin: Convergences
Incinerator Art Space, Willoughby City Council, Willoughby, AU 21 March - 14 April Artist talk 6 April Workshop 13 April |
| Links | Willoughby City Council Art Collector Willoughby Community Preschool |
Credits
Photos
Corey Rankin; Christopher Verheyden; courtesy of the visitor
Provision of Incinerator Art Space
Willoughby City Council
© Marta Ferracin 2025 Website by Natalia
Installation assistant Christopher Verheyden