REBECCA STRAIN

Titles 1 Winged

Location 1 Nave N aisle W bay

Statement "I become timeless when I work with fiber. Each line, each knot is a prayer..." Lenore Tawney As an artist I have always been directed by the materials that I use. I accumulate materials, forgotten and discarded and through art I try to rejuvenate or reinvent them. What we waste tells us a lot about who we are and what we value. I am interested in the decisions we make about what we keep and what we discard and how these decisions influence us as individuals and how this then is reflected in our society. For 'Winged' I worked with St Mary’s parish church Mirfield and Bradford Cathedral and asked the congregation to create feathers from their used service sheet to construct the wings. I am very thankful to everybody who has taken part.

Rebecca Strain first began to use paper in her work under the tutelage of Karen Cain who had been commissioned to work with the community in Omagh, Northern Ireland in the aftermath of the bomb which killed 29 people in 1999. She was immediately struck by the use of the papermaking process as a way of dealing with complex emotions.

Winged

Winged

Winged

Winged