https://sonjaratkay.com SONJA RATKAY Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:19:38 +0000 https://sonjaratkay.com en https://sonjaratkay.com/Seed-Stone-Star Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:19:38 +0000 SONJA RATKAY https://sonjaratkay.com/Seed-Stone-Star Seed, Stone, Star 2023 Works:<img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f6d550354a2d49fcda3dd3de0e8b4706960d5c8e021d7a7d26240e2fff71390/sonja_ratkay_0048.jpg" data-mid="178415651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f6d550354a2d49fcda3dd3de0e8b4706960d5c8e021d7a7d26240e2fff71390/sonja_ratkay_0048.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1247" width_o="2048" height_o="1247" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ddbe23d506fb2e3af4aad10fbb30868e69a61c028c150e0a01be5192b60da157/sonja_ratkay_0054.jpg" data-mid="178415657" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ddbe23d506fb2e3af4aad10fbb30868e69a61c028c150e0a01be5192b60da157/sonja_ratkay_0054.jpg" /> Sitting With Myself White bronze, cotton, stuffing <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc3f30178d5f63959421645dbe82d0d08cfc01e99b2ee36d6fe7dc3fe7045942/sonja_ratkay_0049.jpg" data-mid="178415652" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc3f30178d5f63959421645dbe82d0d08cfc01e99b2ee36d6fe7dc3fe7045942/sonja_ratkay_0049.jpg" /> Stone Mother White bronze, cotton, stuffing, stones <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34c523320cceabbc3c238792817b62e375822542611791a426a95a7fe2b1b239/sonja_ratkay_0051.jpg" data-mid="178415654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34c523320cceabbc3c238792817b62e375822542611791a426a95a7fe2b1b239/sonja_ratkay_0051.jpg" /><img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cab875ae9638f2e143ff9e7073b0ae9ea18f75d9f3235ace90f931a858a94af9/sonja_ratkay_0053.jpg" data-mid="178415656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cab875ae9638f2e143ff9e7073b0ae9ea18f75d9f3235ace90f931a858a94af9/sonja_ratkay_0053.jpg" /> Soft Portal Undyed wool yarn on silk organza <img width="1440" height="1439" width_o="1440" height_o="1439" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05abe145916910293e02a504672c8308276f177b3883129e704430fce1eea106/32DEACF0-D14A-4A49-BB89-25F2665CDAB0-1.jpg" data-mid="178416033" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05abe145916910293e02a504672c8308276f177b3883129e704430fce1eea106/32DEACF0-D14A-4A49-BB89-25F2665CDAB0-1.jpg" /> Neural Blur Ink on paper <img width="1440" height="1439" width_o="1440" height_o="1439" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d11fcbbd3cdfc4de37cdae45054b5baeb57e8f607cf3bdd8357e3c9d3d156b85/EEE219C1-2613-4A71-86F5-DEDA81D49516.jpg" data-mid="178415978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d11fcbbd3cdfc4de37cdae45054b5baeb57e8f607cf3bdd8357e3c9d3d156b85/EEE219C1-2613-4A71-86F5-DEDA81D49516.jpg" /> Floralscape Ink on paper <img width="1440" height="1440" width_o="1440" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c41ca9378738316635e520315d84216935659de3bac6951e42f89891cd73508d/2F1BE646-6146-49B2-9A3C-C955DF04E008.jpg" data-mid="178415977" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c41ca9378738316635e520315d84216935659de3bac6951e42f89891cd73508d/2F1BE646-6146-49B2-9A3C-C955DF04E008.jpg" /> Celestial Nodes Ink on paper <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d585ed64cdc0509c0737a8e5a8c55b619069d4e0a8247df3b89ee68e9946828/sonja_ratkay_0050.jpg" data-mid="178415653" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d585ed64cdc0509c0737a8e5a8c55b619069d4e0a8247df3b89ee68e9946828/sonja_ratkay_0050.jpg" /> Small children look at themselves in the mirror. They don’t realize they are seeing themselves until they do. I sit with this reflection in my mind. Remembering dreams, sorting through them, moving alongside logics. My hand touches my reflection until it fuses, I pull back, my arm grows, turning into a tangled nest. The arm is a cord connecting to itself. The location is the destination and back again.A womb filled with stones, full to the brim with death and rebirth. I can see myself in her eyes, but she can’t see me. She sees patterns, dancing souls, a dangled carrot in front of the abyss. She is heavy in her womb and in her heart so she lies down. She isn’t sleeping but she isn’t awake either. She turns and looks at them. They are not her children, they are her.States of mind walk in different directions, but here they gather. Lines travel densely, caught in loose thoughts, connecting them. Swirling membranes and curdled milk in a warm place to rest and think. Pools reflect eyes, small and big. Connections and patterns pollinating the internal world. I follow a thought, coming up for air through the pores. Sifting through substance, a soft yarn to hold on to and pull to the end. A soul with seams. Photography by Laurence Poirier https://sonjaratkay.com/Soft-Shell-1 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:35:33 +0000 SONJA RATKAY https://sonjaratkay.com/Soft-Shell-1 <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/012a1c8186185062c389260b7a8776c806de490b7a614032fbf6adb0561c9d0d/Sonja_Ratkay_0017.jpg" data-mid="165098057" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/012a1c8186185062c389260b7a8776c806de490b7a614032fbf6adb0561c9d0d/Sonja_Ratkay_0017.jpg" /> Soft Shell2022 Works left - right <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/109db9ce8c359616170dfd95d622cf716e22a1655d0d4e76092a5f7158d1cd1d/Sonja_Ratkay_0019.jpg" data-mid="165098056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/109db9ce8c359616170dfd95d622cf716e22a1655d0d4e76092a5f7158d1cd1d/Sonja_Ratkay_0019.jpg" /> Wing Mohair, fish glue, two flies <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c601b4c4eabc2c7d8ebbff5529c30e62b71dced7b5047a57b9198329da7ba74/Sonja_Ratkay_0018.jpg" data-mid="165098058" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c601b4c4eabc2c7d8ebbff5529c30e62b71dced7b5047a57b9198329da7ba74/Sonja_Ratkay_0018.jpg" /> Bundle 3 Plaster, fish glue, rust, mixed fibres <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dedc1c287d9b5e48ce7d6acffe17149bc3053192eed1de2c67207e26a0ee086d/Sonja_Ratkay_0020.jpg" data-mid="165098055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dedc1c287d9b5e48ce7d6acffe17149bc3053192eed1de2c67207e26a0ee086d/Sonja_Ratkay_0020.jpg" /> A Silk organza, glue <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a546f806457161d5d5d77c14f6e2a451c6c8127c8ace990c92a1c8e2b9f0503c/Sonja_Ratkay_0021.jpg" data-mid="165098054" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a546f806457161d5d5d77c14f6e2a451c6c8127c8ace990c92a1c8e2b9f0503c/Sonja_Ratkay_0021.jpg" />Looking Old Wool sweater, plaster, india ink <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b22f884d67d3d99f7ce4f791b445798875c51d4f2f86da470a03dbb27fc6290f/Sonja_Ratkay_0022.jpg" data-mid="165098053" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b22f884d67d3d99f7ce4f791b445798875c51d4f2f86da470a03dbb27fc6290f/Sonja_Ratkay_0022.jpg" /> Midnight Waves/Unreadable Writing Graphite on paper mounted on handmade frame <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1498628863a26c4ee312194ef798c30872dbd9848c2df312ee585d8354fca1e/Sonja_Ratkay_0023.jpg" data-mid="165098052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f1498628863a26c4ee312194ef798c30872dbd9848c2df312ee585d8354fca1e/Sonja_Ratkay_0023.jpg" /><img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f3eedcc06d1a6eb39703cae2d840d21b253d2d4833029de6458c0683db8c548/Sonja_Ratkay_0024.jpg" data-mid="165098051" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f3eedcc06d1a6eb39703cae2d840d21b253d2d4833029de6458c0683db8c548/Sonja_Ratkay_0024.jpg" /> Time Stamp Embroidery floss, stained tank top, pins Soft Shell is a series of explorations of liminality through sculpture, collage and drawing. Through use of glues and other adhering methods, I explore the joining, merging and interlocking of bodies, language and materials. Glue does not inherently transform an individual item, it rather binds and adheres multiple pieces into a single gesture. Typically a “quick fix” to mend objects, I used glue in large quantities, to “fix”, pause, or lock an active gesture into place. I challenge the functionality and purpose of glue. Fused textile pieces may seem to be destroyed rather than mended as the glue is absorbed into the fibres. However, I embrace the murky joining of forms. I use objects that can be held in my hands or arms, fit around my body and often even my own body part pressings. They are hand knitted and crocheted textiles as well as used garments that have a sense of comfort and domesticity. I want to be able to manage these items, to have an intimate relationship with them. They are extensions, shadows and placeholders of the body. Pores are clogged as fibres are penetrated. Are the skins of these objects the edges of their being? Does the glue expand and engulf other items parasitically? There is a quietude to these still objects, their colours muted behind veils of ‘glue’. These are objects holding on to themselves, creating barriers, protecting oneself but at once separating their original form. This is a transformation that is not necessarily permanent, but also one that may outlive the object. Photography by Laurence Poirier https://sonjaratkay.com/Seaweed-Sucker Mon, 03 May 2021 23:11:14 +0000 SONJA RATKAY https://sonjaratkay.com/Seaweed-Sucker <img width="3729" height="5594" width_o="3729" height_o="5594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/479ff1596b3e6b3d7496c409e564e6c2c81dd8eb53b71055bb8ccc2cfaf9db9f/2.jpg" data-mid="107312791" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/479ff1596b3e6b3d7496c409e564e6c2c81dd8eb53b71055bb8ccc2cfaf9db9f/2.jpg" /> <img width="3125" height="4688" width_o="3125" height_o="4688" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e02c4daac7ac915a1acaf8c159448c615f33c1d7f7e1c8b77632385ada2888c3/1.jpg" data-mid="107312790" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e02c4daac7ac915a1acaf8c159448c615f33c1d7f7e1c8b77632385ada2888c3/1.jpg" /> <img width="3744" height="5616" width_o="3744" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de9b4e9b9c1d94f9fdc77a32d85d3a605914cf6f95179cb1dae4f18eea2748fd/08_sonja.jpg" data-mid="107312792" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de9b4e9b9c1d94f9fdc77a32d85d3a605914cf6f95179cb1dae4f18eea2748fd/08_sonja.jpg" /> <img width="3744" height="5616" width_o="3744" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72a9aa1c30f4698512b8ef8750ea3adf1796159707646a9e1824d67412c300c1/10_sonja.jpg" data-mid="107312794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72a9aa1c30f4698512b8ef8750ea3adf1796159707646a9e1824d67412c300c1/10_sonja.jpg" /> <img width="3744" height="5616" width_o="3744" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ea7d4fbfe23a61a2c419761522a96eff80ae48b8c6138e78133fff7714b198d/09_sonja.jpg" data-mid="107312793" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ea7d4fbfe23a61a2c419761522a96eff80ae48b8c6138e78133fff7714b198d/09_sonja.jpg" /> Seaweed Sucker2021 Organza, wool roving, thread and metal dowels 55 x 100 in Photography by Edwin Isford https://sonjaratkay.com/Salad-in-the-Bloodstream Mon, 03 May 2021 23:20:00 +0000 SONJA RATKAY https://sonjaratkay.com/Salad-in-the-Bloodstream <img width="3729" height="5594" width_o="3729" height_o="5594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7f1aaecadaac1788320829504feb59146617949699981ad756b0bd7ad8bf21a/2.jpg" data-mid="107312951" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7f1aaecadaac1788320829504feb59146617949699981ad756b0bd7ad8bf21a/2.jpg" /> <img width="3151" height="4727" width_o="3151" height_o="4727" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd90773cea69fe345ad67b11ea1365e2f71baacde903b9ce961ea9940c09cc11/1.jpg" data-mid="107312950" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd90773cea69fe345ad67b11ea1365e2f71baacde903b9ce961ea9940c09cc11/1.jpg" /> <img width="3744" height="5616" width_o="3744" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a44aa5101bec93e369d3868ccb4a2b7a503c89860437a9086f8c12e9ab115c2/3.jpg" data-mid="107312952" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a44aa5101bec93e369d3868ccb4a2b7a503c89860437a9086f8c12e9ab115c2/3.jpg" /> <img width="3744" height="5616" width_o="3744" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9048801dce692301f8efe9ee581a73a8df638f1064d3dd9c964cdd0b11e84892/05_sonja.jpg" data-mid="107312954" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9048801dce692301f8efe9ee581a73a8df638f1064d3dd9c964cdd0b11e84892/05_sonja.jpg" /> <img width="3744" height="5616" width_o="3744" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d3c7467395fec5cadd6f35d3587655f5bff77cd44627ba7005ba1206de03a8d/04_sonja.jpg" data-mid="107312962" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d3c7467395fec5cadd6f35d3587655f5bff77cd44627ba7005ba1206de03a8d/04_sonja.jpg" /> Salad in the Bloodstream 2021 Organza, wool roving, thread and metal dowels 55 x 100 in Photography by Edwin Isford https://sonjaratkay.com/Slithers-Out Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:53:03 +0000 SONJA RATKAY https://sonjaratkay.com/Slithers-Out <img width="970" height="1661" width_o="970" height_o="1661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7bff10814dc0efe8bab72aafe30d0cb614136d11b52c204ff4a1e31a451831b4/04Untitled.jpg" data-mid="96569981" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/970/i/7bff10814dc0efe8bab72aafe30d0cb614136d11b52c204ff4a1e31a451831b4/04Untitled.jpg" /> <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fb8c0661dd11a59b3e9e2faaefe8eaf4474b25e7f1128a2cd93c0d893a58456/05UntitledDetail.jpeg" data-mid="96569980" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fb8c0661dd11a59b3e9e2faaefe8eaf4474b25e7f1128a2cd93c0d893a58456/05UntitledDetail.jpeg" /> Slithers Out 2019 Ribbon, textile ink https://sonjaratkay.com/Untitled Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:09:27 +0000 SONJA RATKAY https://sonjaratkay.com/Untitled <img width="3744" height="5616" width_o="3744" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64d8e01f8f63f6492357a6a3eecfe3211798b5524b7a8a6c0e6d1d20d92a001a/20_sonja.png" data-mid="123832833" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64d8e01f8f63f6492357a6a3eecfe3211798b5524b7a8a6c0e6d1d20d92a001a/20_sonja.png" /> <img width="3744" height="5616" width_o="3744" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9f883e7b645b8e01e25f04462e9acaa963c1670c561a9890e970911ef550493/20_sonja.jpg" data-mid="123832834" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9f883e7b645b8e01e25f04462e9acaa963c1670c561a9890e970911ef550493/20_sonja.jpg" /> Untitled2021Ink on paper9 x 12 in Photography by Edwin Isford https://sonjaratkay.com/Squatting-Intuitive Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:15:26 +0000 SONJA RATKAY https://sonjaratkay.com/Squatting-Intuitive <img width="3744" height="5616" width_o="3744" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14a0f712c6aa9d64bebb916f9da086fdeb6191c85a19d932d7f56f99f8352066/19_sonja.png" data-mid="123833055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14a0f712c6aa9d64bebb916f9da086fdeb6191c85a19d932d7f56f99f8352066/19_sonja.png" /> <img width="3744" height="5616" width_o="3744" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49beef6e607e8adffb5350b3b724319b0838f1f97fa4f4a8413eda24574d97e8/19_sonja.jpg" data-mid="123833057" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49beef6e607e8adffb5350b3b724319b0838f1f97fa4f4a8413eda24574d97e8/19_sonja.jpg" /> Squatting Intuitive2021Ink on paper9 x 12 in Photography by Edwin Isford https://sonjaratkay.com/Solid-Line-of-Thought Wed, 24 Nov 2021 02:40:31 +0000 SONJA RATKAY https://sonjaratkay.com/Solid-Line-of-Thought <img width="1631" height="2389" width_o="1631" height_o="2389" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e249943ddd0a775bf34c9ef0ccfbcd0c9bddd1d59d03a9080af303926b5e1cd/sonja20210712_20520576.jpg" data-mid="125496677" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e249943ddd0a775bf34c9ef0ccfbcd0c9bddd1d59d03a9080af303926b5e1cd/sonja20210712_20520576.jpg" /> Solid Line of Thought2021Ink on paper5.5 x 8.5 in https://sonjaratkay.com/Study-for-Eternal-Spring Wed, 24 Nov 2021 02:50:03 +0000 SONJA RATKAY https://sonjaratkay.com/Study-for-Eternal-Spring <img width="1631" height="2507" width_o="1631" height_o="2507" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c31539f2b0b741ff0525f42339b7f5fa7df4ec01a573532d333444c27ffc383d/sonja20211206_0002.jpg" data-mid="126688126" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c31539f2b0b741ff0525f42339b7f5fa7df4ec01a573532d333444c27ffc383d/sonja20211206_0002.jpg" /> Study for Eternal Spring2021Ink on paper5.5 x 8.5 in https://sonjaratkay.com/Untitled-Chain-Earring Tue, 01 Dec 2020 03:34:12 +0000 SONJA RATKAY https://sonjaratkay.com/Untitled-Chain-Earring <img width="2936" height="5133" width_o="2936" height_o="5133" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42e6aea27bb2544184affb6360d2af3c472d8277e1a38806efdc2abd049318ea/Copy-of-sonja12.jpg" data-mid="96570011" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42e6aea27bb2544184affb6360d2af3c472d8277e1a38806efdc2abd049318ea/Copy-of-sonja12.jpg" /> 2018 Untitled (Chain Earring) Ink on paper, chain, earring