“We don’t invent ourselves, but rather discover ourselves. We’re there all along, living fossils waiting to be excavated. Perhaps that’s why art feels so gratifying and personal. By creating something, we’re really discovering something about ourselves. We’re shining a light on those profound parts of our soul, digging them up and bringing ourselves to the surface, letting others see inside.” -Marrie Stone at Stu News Laguna
Incarnation by Rachel Saldate-Hayes
Mixed Media & Hand Embroidery on Interfacing
Rachel Saldate-Hayes uses hand embroidery on interfacing & mylar…her works are as much about the delicate pieces as the process of repetitive stitches. We have been artist friends since 2016 where we met at a Doing Good Well retreat in Vermont.
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“You observe my journeying and my resting and You are familiar with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, Adonai, You know all about it. You hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. For You have created my conscience. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am awesomely, wonderfully made! Wonderful are Your works—and my soul knows that very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw me when I was unformed, and in Your book were written the days that were formed—when not one of them had come to be.” -Psalms 139:3-5, 13-16 TLV