Paint By Needle Reviews:
Jakki Spicer says:
"Two artists use stitching as their medium in this show at the Rowan Morrison Gallery. Narangkar Glover embroiders and paints on her canvases, the most interesting of which is a color wheel in thread. The color wheel is usually a basic exercise in color theory, asking the artist to blend her paints so as to better understand the relation of one color to another. But Glover's use of thread means that there is no organic relation; by its very nature one piece of string cannot bleed into and affect another. Yet, it does demonstrate the technique of embroidery -- different stitchings produce different shades of color -- and the tricks of the eye -- different textures and juxtapositions of colors produce new colors. AkoCastuera's works are another story entirely: dolls, scarves, and tapestries portray a combination of monsters, UFOs, and severed limbs. They belie their cuddly soft texture with their gory subject matter."
...and Isabelle Ringer says:
"When we arrived, artists Narangkar Glover and Ako Castuera were taking off their shoes and celebrating their successful opening with cold beers. --Away from the throngs, Tick and I eased into the gallery and this most curious show of knitting (by Castuera) and crewel embroidery (by Glover). Knitted into Castuera's scarves and objet d'art are spiders and trolls and other magical critters. By contrast, Glover's embroidery was created without narrative; in fact, her works seem intended to display the power of her craft. --The handwork by both artists is superlative, and yet its effect does not land right away. After several laps around the show, Tick approached Glover's self-portrait (an acrylic painting on black jute embellished with colorful floral embroidery) and began a conversation with the artist. --I could not hear their words, and so began studying their gestures...two women in a gallery, one being an artist and the other a dear friend of mine. And that is when the answer to Tick's question came to me - not in words, but as an image. --Springing forth from Glover's self-portrait, the answer appeared as an aura. It was a life force, an image of beauty that could not prevent itself, and one that I will never forget."
"Two artists use stitching as their medium in this show at the Rowan Morrison Gallery. Narangkar Glover embroiders and paints on her canvases, the most interesting of which is a color wheel in thread. The color wheel is usually a basic exercise in color theory, asking the artist to blend her paints so as to better understand the relation of one color to another. But Glover's use of thread means that there is no organic relation; by its very nature one piece of string cannot bleed into and affect another. Yet, it does demonstrate the technique of embroidery -- different stitchings produce different shades of color -- and the tricks of the eye -- different textures and juxtapositions of colors produce new colors. AkoCastuera's works are another story entirely: dolls, scarves, and tapestries portray a combination of monsters, UFOs, and severed limbs. They belie their cuddly soft texture with their gory subject matter."
- East Bay Express, November 23rd
...and Isabelle Ringer says:
"When we arrived, artists Narangkar Glover and Ako Castuera were taking off their shoes and celebrating their successful opening with cold beers. --Away from the throngs, Tick and I eased into the gallery and this most curious show of knitting (by Castuera) and crewel embroidery (by Glover). Knitted into Castuera's scarves and objet d'art are spiders and trolls and other magical critters. By contrast, Glover's embroidery was created without narrative; in fact, her works seem intended to display the power of her craft. --The handwork by both artists is superlative, and yet its effect does not land right away. After several laps around the show, Tick approached Glover's self-portrait (an acrylic painting on black jute embellished with colorful floral embroidery) and began a conversation with the artist. --I could not hear their words, and so began studying their gestures...two women in a gallery, one being an artist and the other a dear friend of mine. And that is when the answer to Tick's question came to me - not in words, but as an image. --Springing forth from Glover's self-portrait, the answer appeared as an aura. It was a life force, an image of beauty that could not prevent itself, and one that I will never forget."
- Piedmont Post, November 7th
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