Cecile Jacobs:
set designs and wall hangings
Phoenix Cycle Triptych
(Fire on the Mountain)

Edmonton Art Gallery (Margaret Brine Room), Alberta: 29/Apr – 11/June/2004;
Alberta Craft Council (Discovery Gallery), Edmonton: 10/July – 14/Aug/2004; Walterdale Art Gallery, Edmonton: 29/March - 9/April/2005; and
CBC Centre, Churchill Square, Edmonton: 22/June - 6/July/2005.
"The superb set design from Cecile Jacobs is a wonder..."
(Edmonton Journal)


(Click here to see the full triptych)

1) Bounty:
Nature at its richest and most mature with all elements interconnected by the Spirit of Life. Yet in Nature’s perfection lies the seed of destruction shown here in the beginnings of spontaneous fire.

Each 24" high x 36" wide.

The work is inspired by the Kelowna (British Columbia) Fire of 2003. It shows the underlying unity and harmony of Nature in all its phases. Many elements do not survive the testing power of fire but others thrive stronger than ever. Autobiographical.

In this set, Cecile Jacobs uses sheers on top of cotton fabrics, Setacolor paint on fabric for the landscape details and Delta Ceramcoat Acrylic for the Celtic overlay. The apron of decomposition in the foreground of PROLIFERATION is created by the effects of a soldering iron upon black satin.


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