A long-time fixation on a Pompeii mosaic, Marine Life in the House of Faun begged for reconstruction in a different medium, a different time. Originally pieced in 2nd century BCE, buried in ash by Vesuvius’ 79 CE eruption and initially excavated 1831 by Carlo Bonucci, the piece celebrates Mediterranean beauties and gastronomic pleasures.

Loving strings has led more recently to exploring characteristics and effects of fluorescent threads. It is enlightening – pun very much intended – that, viewed with different light sources, a singular woven object evokes remarkably differing responses. Enlightening? Yes . . also calming – that while the same coldly-real object reveals differentially, it remains unchanged. Or does it? Pompeii Reconstructed is the most recent work, revitalizing the 2100+ years old mosaic, reconstituted here, by:

Undergraduate training in fine arts and art history, followed by graduate work in environmental studies and statistics led to 36 years of statistical consulting with post-retirement focus on tapestry building. In 1997, after study of various loom-controlled weaving techniques, the greater narrative history and freer potentials of tapestry building appealed. The potential to capture time in the process has driven narrative content, revealing layers previously not considered.