Lauren Baker | Letter To The Ocean
Lauren Baker | Letter To The Ocean | Side View
Lauren Baker | Letter To The Ocean | Close Up
Lauren Baker
Letter To The Ocean, 2022
Upcycled lurex yarn, linen,
White wooden box tray frame
White wooden box tray frame
43.5 x 33.5 x 3.5 cm
17 1/8 x 13 1/4 x 1 3/8 in
17 1/8 x 13 1/4 x 1 3/8 in
Further images
Burnt scribbles were transformed into hand-sewn sound-wave letters to nature. During her ten days of silence, Lauren wrote and wrote, pondering on existence and considering that which is beyond the...
Burnt scribbles were transformed into hand-sewn sound-wave letters to nature. During her ten days of silence, Lauren wrote and wrote, pondering on existence and considering that which is beyond the self. The letters were love letters; to her ex lover, to future lovers, to earth, to the wilderness, to the sky and the ocean. The loss, the hopes and the dreams, all released, all let go in the process of writing and burning letters. Baker used software to translate the spoken word of each letter into sound waves; once photographed, she burned them and hand sewed unique threads to immortalise the energy of each letter. Here, the letter refuses to stay contained. Shimmering threads are hand-stitched across the linen in the wave-form of the spoken words, then spill from the frame in a tumbling cascade, gathering in a soft tangle on the ledge beneath: the letter, written and released, coming to rest. The letters weren't meant to be sent. The energy of the writing was enough to express and let go, to let the ripples of the thoughts be free.