May 2009 : a small key wrapped up in very soft, light green wool
| Keys are interesting objects. They can lock up but they can also open. I like the dual quality of being able to hide and reveal with a key. I don’t know where the key I used for the May 2009 piece came from. It is small and silver. Maybe it is one of the keys for a padlock or a suitcase. Where it originated from is hardly the matter as now it is wrapped up in soft, green wool, looking more like a cocoon waiting to turn into a beautiful butterfly. I thought about unraveling the green wool and using it for the current piece but decided against it as the key looked so snug. So instead, I painted colouful round circles and photocopied my house keys that I always keep in my jeans pocket. The image of the keys looked too exposed amongst the colouful circles and the stitch marks so I covered it up with tiny pieces of tracing paper, like blanket of snow. | 
'Keys', tracing paper, Indian handmade paper, thread and watercolour, 08 January 2014
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