Edie Brown

I am a textile artist expressing a state of mind within the context of meditation and contemporary textile art.   My exploration of three-dimensional fibre art, meditative stitching, dyeing, and surface design began in 1995, first exhibiting my work in 2003.   I continue to explore the intersections of meditation in daily life and “speaking in cloth”.  My journey takes me on a path of discovering visual language for that which can’t be named.

Rivers were once clouds. Rocks were once mountains. What are the rivers and rocks saying to us and what do we want to say in response? Can we hear the cries of the world? What is our relationship as humans relative to deep time: geologic time, with the complexity and sensitivity of ecosystems?

Deep time listening requires slowing down, paying attention, reflecting on the interconnectedness of rivers, clouds, rocks, and mountains. Within the quiet moments, finding stillness and recognition of impermanence. Nothing solid, ever changing, not even rocks, rivers, or trees. Climate disruption is observable in our lifetime.  

There is a transformative understanding that can be gained by truly listening to the inherent wisdom of all things, each element of nature has a unique contribution to the symphony of existence.