Chrôma-846F_I-1-2-3, Carmen Castañeda - T.O.E. Art Market

Hand embroidered. Silk thread on cotton canvas. Series of 3 pieces (25 x 33.5 x 2 cm | 9 ²⁷/₃₂ x 13 ³/₁₆ x ²⁵/₃₂ in, each), measuring 84 x 33.5 x 2 cm | 33 ⁵/₆₄ x 13 ³/₁₆ x ²⁵/₃₂ in. Traditional needle technique. Embroidered on the right side. Unique artwork.

Artist statement I work with the Lunéville crochet needle, which allows me to abstract the embroidery towards the minimal gesture. A drawing, a painting, a story. There is no sketch or guide in my work, it is a blind path guided only by my hand. For me, the process is very important. I don't work directly with the final image, but rather I embroider on the back of the work. In this way, I do not see the result, I simply touch it and with my touch I incorporate the materials underneath the canvas as I embroider. The expectation of what it will be makes me let myself be carried away by repeated movements, using the memory of the gesture in the body and drawing blindly without knowing what the final aspect of the work will be. The use of a thread, sometimes real, sometimes suggested; the repetitive gesture of a needle that breaks the silence of a canvas; the established rhythm of the minutes, of the seconds, trying to capture the memory or its absence. A work marked by the repetition of the same gesture, as opposed to the current industrial rhythm. More information about biography at: https://www.carrasco.art/artists/carmen-castaneda