A triptych of textile pieces for the Watermarks exhibition at Wakefield Cathedral.
I wanted a piece to echo the stained glass windows in Wakefield Cathedral and to take advantage of the light in the South Transept.
The three textile pieces were painted by three Wakefield-based groups on three canal journeys along the Aire and Calder Navigation in October 2023. The waveforms are based on a diagram showing the standing waves in a church organ pipe, specifically the first, third, and fifth eigenmodes.[1] Thanks to the groups – Spectrum People, Wakefield Well Women Centre, and Empath Action CIC
[1] More information about eigenmodes can be found in ‘Acoustics of Organ Pipes and Future Trends in the Research’ by Judit Angster, Péter Rucz and András Miklós in the Spring 2017 edition of Acoustics Today. ©2017 Acoustical Society of America.
Tony Wade 