Description
About this piece:
Threads of Life interweaves the stories of the three Fates, the origin of life, genetics and the development of human communication. It explores our endless search for meaning through arts and sciences and the stories we tell ourselves.
There are multiple ways to enter the book. One is looking at each character:
First Box – Clotho, she who spins the thread of life from the distaff to the spindle. The story in the upper drawer narrates the evolution of life on earth, from its earliest known origins near hydrothermal vents to the present.
Second Box – Lachesis, she who measures the thread of life. The story centers on Homo Sapiens, with the 23 chromosomes.
Third Box – Atropos, she who cuts the thread of life. Inspired by Samuel Morse who invented the telegraph after the death of his beloved wife, Lucretia, the book centers on the history of communications, the threads that connect us.
All the stories reference historical and mythological women who were weavers and makers.
Materials:
book board, hand and machine made papers, , thread, bone, magnets, digital ink, watercolor, beeswax
About the artist:
Lives and works in San Francisco, California, United States. Born in Paris, Servane is a printmaker and book artist based in San Francisco. She loves to develop a narrative and combine traditional and contemporary techniques and materials for each new book arts project.
Her work is represented in public and private collections around the world.
