{"product_id":"soft-sculpture-with-purple-haze-screenprinting","title":"Soft Sculpture with Purple Haze Screenprinting","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by the abstract work \u003cem\u003ePurple Haze\u003c\/em\u003e, this piece evolves the eye-painted strokes into a soft-sculptural installation. Translating the gestural marks and saturated purples of the original work into three dimensions, the piece manifests as a large-scale spider climbing the walls of the artist’s studio, blurring the boundaries between image, object, and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe spider functions as both symbol and structure. Long associated with intelligence, patience, and quiet power, it embodies a form of creation that relies not on pursuit but on construction—an organism that builds a trap and waits. This duality of beauty and unease echoes throughout the work, where attraction and discomfort coexist. The sculpture also nods to sculptor Liz Craft, particularly her fiberglass black widow, reimagined here through softness, textile, and color rather than rigidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaterial transformation is central to the piece. A reclaimed white bedsheet was dyed in deep violet tones, then screen-printed with layered excerpts from \u003cem\u003ePurple Haze\u003c\/em\u003e, extending the original artwork onto fabric. From this printed textile, the spider’s form was constructed; eight articulated legs, a rounded abdomen, and a face; supported internally by wire armatures that allow the sculpture to hold deliberate, expressive poses. The eyes are rendered using Ukrainian cross-stitch, introducing a slow, meditative handcraft into an otherwise bold, graphic surface. Red fabric integrated into lilac-dyed cloth references the iconic markings of the black widow, grounding the sculpture in both symbolism and lineage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe installation is completed by a web of dense purple yarn stretched across the studio’s corner walls, transforming the space into a site of entanglement and tension. \u003cem\u003ePurple Haze\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates craft, innovation, and material experimentation, while exploring themes of adaptation, agency, and the quiet power of building one’s own systems of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lilia's Eye Candy, LLC™️","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49899164172534,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/4728\/3190\/files\/spidercloseup_1.png?v=1769705024","url":"https:\/\/liliamunn.com\/en-au\/products\/soft-sculpture-with-purple-haze-screenprinting","provider":"Lilia Munn™️","version":"1.0","type":"link"}