Listen to a verbal description of the object intended for someone with low to no vision, or anyone looking for a closer look at the object.

Transcript:

This piece is titled Tamago Basada, spelled T a m a g o space B a s a d a, This piece is made of a silk and cotton compound thread. Here we find a tapestry that is stretched and secured over a wooden frame much like a canvas would be and placed in a smooth, square golden frame for display. The word Tamago, used in the title of the piece, is a Japanese word which means egg and in the center of this tapestry is a large red egg on its side. The egg takes up about a third of the overall tapestry in the center with its narrower end pointing toward the left side. The red of the egg varies in gradient shades from a deep crimson on its lowest edge, to a bright cherry red filling its lower third, into a salmon pink that takes over the upper two thirds of the egg. At the top most portion of the egg there are small areas in lighter pinks that are nearly white. This variation in the shades of red gives the effect that the egg is sitting under a light source. There are vertical stripes where the weave is visible every inch that give the effect that the egg is broken up into inch wide sections. These stripes are in shades of white and gray, the same colors fill up the background of the rest of the piece. There are swaths of white and dark gray that vary in size and run into and criss-cross over each other at random. The overall effect is similar to the jumble of static on an old television screen and the wavy quality makes it hard for the eye to focus on the background. These random overlapping zigzagged grays and whites almost seem to move or vibrate around the still red egg in the middle. There is a small area where red splashes the static just beneath the bottom outline of the egg. This falls under the bottom curve of the egg like a shadow might if a light source was shining on the top of the egg. Two inches from the lower right edge of the egg, we have two squared symbols painted on the tapestry in a bright red, these symbols give an impression similar to traditional East Asian stamped seals.