Dangling Carrots

with Michelle Hamer
Craft Victoria, Vic, 2011

Dangling Carrots consisted of large tapestries by Michelle Hamer, of signage within everyday suburbia, accompanied by smaller tapestries of ‘No Road’ signage. Taken at different suburban edge locations, these signs literally mark edges and raise personal questions of how to proceed when life appears to be a series of challenges. The ‘No Road’ works indicate both the end and momentary boundaries of Melbourne housing developments.

I produced a series of videos that documented the production of the ‘No Road’ tapestries. Every half hour spent stitching was crafted into a loop and then stitched into footage taken of the source location. These videos were then projected onto screens made out of white wool stitched using the same technique as Michelle's tapastrys.