- Thank you for entering your work to SAQA’s Virtual Gallery Below the Surface call for entry. On behalf of the Exhibitions Committee, we are pleased to share that your piece, The Contact: Pressure Sensitive, has been selected by curator Karen Peters for this online exhibition. Since only one artwork per artist can be accepted, your other submission(s) have been declined.
- Below the Surface will debut on May 1, 2025, and we encourage you to view all the wonderful and thought-provoking works in the exhibition.
- To see a list of those accepted https://www.saqa.com/about/news/congratulations-artists-selected-below-surface
The Contact: Pressure Sensitive , 64” x 59”
Cotton sateen. Hand printed and painted with dye, corn and potato dextrin resists, machine raw edge assembly, machine quilted.
Pressure Sensitive, front detail
Pressure Sensitive, back detail
Extreme pressure and high temperatures associated with miles of mountainous overburden and primordial heat over millions of years control the mineralogy and grain shape in the earth crust. We tiny human beings create another kind of pressure on our sensitive world in a relatively very short time.
