THE NATURE OF MEMORY

Indigo panels:
Calico, Indigo (Indigofera tinctoria), Ferrous sulphate, Calx, Vinegar, Cotton thread, Wood

Madder pieces:
Silk organza, Madder root (Rubia cordifolia), Alum, Cotton thread, Wood

For Faith’s 2025 exhibition,VENARUM MUNDI, she presented a large-scale textile installation titled The Nature of Memory.
This immersive work draws upon the elemental tones of ocean and sky, invoking a deep, instinctual memory of rain, sky, river, horizon
– the atmospheric haze of the natural world that resonates within us on a cellular, almost mythic level.
Through the ancient practice of indigo dyeing, applied in gradient to expansive folds of calico,
and the warm pigments of the madder plant forming a central sun disk, the work becomes a quiet invocation.

Faith draws directly from the earth’s palette – its minerals and plants
– not simply to depict nature, but to transmit it,
to awaken what the soul already instinctively remembers from natural colour.
Expansive horizon. Distance. Depth. Height. Dissolution.

The installation serves as a focal point in the exhibition’s broader narrative,
which contemplates the Earth not as backdrop, but as active presence and participant
– an archive of knowing, a vessel of memory, and a mirror to our internal landscapes.