Sai-Wai Foo

EVERYDAY DEITY

This event is part of the Sydney Craft Week Festival 7-16 October 2022.

“Object of devotion; Bibi the Domesticated Divine Being” 2022

A homage to her own tiny goddess Bibi a one-eyed ex breeding rescue Persian

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods.

They have not forgotten this.

Small domestic lions fawned over

The supreme being of the home

Succulent morsels are offered

Baubles to appease

Venerated, and divine

Worshipped coddled

Every whim indulged

As it was as

As it should be

Materials; Silk, cotton tulle, thread, freshwater pearls, embroidered motifs, gold work motifs, aari stitch motifs, metal, glass, plastic, braid, velvet ribbon

Size; 80 H x70 W cm

Everyday Deity artists, Soraya Abidin, Clayton Barr, Gillian Bencke, Marianne Bohdan, Morgan Dick, Sai-Wai Foo, Tina Fox and Christina Newberry, delve into the inner and outer realms of regenerative crafts.

Through conscious acts of making, artists seek to shift the way we interact with and understand craft.

'We must understand and become engaged with the way that things are made. Without this fundamental learning, we cannot be expected to respect and honour the daily things that we possess and to understand the skill and processes that go into creating them.'

With a process-orientated awareness, Everyday Deity artists honour individual rituals of making and contributions to climate restoration. Join us for our opening night as part of Craft Up Late.

Details: Exhibition Thursday 13 October – Sunday 23 October, Thursdays – Sundays 11am – 4pm; Craft Up Late Opening night, Thursday 13 October, 6 – 8pm, 13 October - 23 October 2022

Chrissie Cotter Gallery
31A Pidcock St
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