Pazia Mannella's Artist Statement:
"Swell is an outdoor installation on view at The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences sculpture garden, Loveladies, New Jersey, fall 2013 until summer 2014. Crocheting fluorescent flagging tape using the hand instead of a crochet hook created this large-scale work. The additions of crochet stitches; created through looping, increased each row causing ruffling in the plastic. Metallic beads are present in mass to decoratively weight the work. I am especially interested in how the piece will be eroded by the seasonal changes in weather on the island. The materials are made for outdoor use but I it imagine will become worn and embedded to the sand and grass it rests upon. This work reflects upon adornment of outdoor space over time and the undulation of textile drapery, waves, and wind."
"Swell is an outdoor installation on view at The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences sculpture garden, Loveladies, New Jersey, fall 2013 until summer 2014. Crocheting fluorescent flagging tape using the hand instead of a crochet hook created this large-scale work. The additions of crochet stitches; created through looping, increased each row causing ruffling in the plastic. Metallic beads are present in mass to decoratively weight the work. I am especially interested in how the piece will be eroded by the seasonal changes in weather on the island. The materials are made for outdoor use but I it imagine will become worn and embedded to the sand and grass it rests upon. This work reflects upon adornment of outdoor space over time and the undulation of textile drapery, waves, and wind."