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‘Noesis’ is a sculptural installation commissioned by Andy Morgan of West Bromwich Network Church and exhibited at The public art gallery in West Bromwich

during its creation there has been an engagement with local communities, in the form of workshops and making sessions.  As it is viewed and interacted with here, there is an opportunity to be a continuing part of that process. 

woven together, both physically and conceptually, alongside an exploration of the idea of sacrifice, are the threads of varying and disparate communities

During the process of making, various people and groups joined the making process by simply producing lengths of red woollen thread using knitting bobbins or putting marks and words onto small squares of leather. 

one person may have started a ‘red’ length, but several more may have continued on the same one until it was complete or long enough.  Were these people known to each other?  Most likely not, but the ‘threads’ of that particular combined story are now woven together.  As each thread took time to produce, each person who took part has gave of their time to contribute. 

Onto the leather squares people simply inscribed the words and thoughts which came to mind when thinking about the themes.  The artist then created the round pouches from these squares.  Similar to community, these elements now gather the various ‘threads’ together.

Each completed ‘red’ thread, growing relatively slowly, has given something back to the weavers time.  Time to pause; time to think; time to contemplate; time to relax; time to understand; time to perceive.

A sacrifice of their time.  What is sacrifice?  Is it pertinent in today’s world? How is it expressed and what does it mean?

Using the context of Christian understanding at ‘Easter’, this work is an exploration of the relevance and understanding of all these ideas.

NOESIS: INSIGHT - UNDERSTANDING - TO PERCEIVE - TO KNOW IMMEDIATELY AND INSTINCTIVELY - AN ACT OF CONSCIOUSNESS; TO THINK, TO LOVE, TO HATE, TO IMAGINE - THE EXERCISE OF REASON AND THE ACTIVITY OF THE INTELLECT.

these people have taken part in workshops during this project:

Arun Arora

Abbas Ali

Emma Bayliss

Fatima Baugh

Kathryn Ball

Valerie Bunce

Trish Benn

Thomas Christie

Helen Cook

Crystal Carleton

Janet Carleton

Sue Down

Heather Down

Sheila Duhaney

Barbara Evans

Mary Fisher

Sophie George

Harry Gledhill

Aaron Gharu

Chelsea Hout

Mollie Heslip

Fawn Hunkins-Beckford

Elizabeth Hughes

Katie Hudson

Dan Hayward

Dave Johnson

Lisa Jones

Hyebin Kim

Katy Lee

Kayleigh Mills

Jono Munday

Lauren Mills

Julie Mills

Jacqueline Markey

Andy Morgan

Poppy Marshall

Steve Mellor

Caroline Nash -Smith

Sally Parker

Sarah Prescott

Lindsay Presdee

Megan Pilling

Catherine Phillips

Veronica Robinson

Leanne Richards

Kim Russell

Steve Simmonds

Ann Sheppard

Kathryn Smith

Hilary Sutton

Jason Thornton

Debbie Todd

Evae Todd

Jenny Todd

Paul Todd

Solly Todd

Joe Wickens

Catherine Wood

Jonathan Watwood

May Wood

Johannes Wilde

Michelle Whitehouse

Sheila Whitehouse

Moreen Walsgrove

This piece of work contains:

1.341 kilometres of red knitted caulking

divided into 312 strands

each 4.3 metres long

100 recycled plastic bottles

78 steel poppers

56 nuts and bolts

plus 112 washers

6 Buffalo bellies

4 square metres of plywood

4 three metre cables

2 sheets of wool insulation

1 can of expandable foam

1 convex mirror

Orange Oxide Design is committed to sustainable practices.