The new works of Nicola Ferrie explore the relationship between memory and the notion of loss. The works have been created in previously owned and loved remnants of cloth. The direct connection between cloth and memory becomes tangible when using clothing or the fabric of furnishings that once belonged to a loved one. Ferrie has transformed the heirloom cloth in to a figurative, physical, recreation of thought.
Ferrie’s work is distinctive in that it is feminine and gentle, yet somehow violent and sombre. The colour blue, Ferrie observes, has an impact on the spirit, it is calming, restful and offers healing. The cloth that has been chosen was selected for it’s beauty, it’s colour and it’s tactile nature. Silk itself represents the circle of life, through the life cycle of the silk worm (Bombyx Mori). The worked cloth represents the feelings of the artist.

“Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak. 
Whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break.”. William Shakespeare.