Handwoven ondulé; used oilskins (PVC) and mixed fibers
28-5/8” x 28-5/8”
$3,000
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Materials: Linen/Polyamide, resin, eggshell
Technique: Hand made net with crushed eggshells coated with resin
Dimensions: 22”h x 17”w
NFS
Year Completed: 2020
Growing up on the islands and coastal shores of Maine, steeped in a culture of sea-based exonomy and the integrity of hard-working people, my vocabulary for artistic expression was shaped. I draw from these images and concepts when I weave fabrics by hand. Threads are my mark-making tools, and dyes are my colorant as I make considered compositions that meet a need in me to honor my origins and interpret human existential questions. The activity of navigating oceans is metaphor for the largest questions in life. The erosion of coastal lands and the disappearance of islands is an earth-expression of impermanence, just as fiber by its very nature is ephemeral. As I enter middle age I am naturally becoming more conscious of our temporary presence. "Disappearing Islands" combines my ardent love for place, and addresses current environmental issues in a way that is both personal and universal.
Materials: Polyurethane/polyester, soil and resin
Technique: Hand made net and soil coated in resin
Dimensions: 18” h x 22” w
NFS
Year Completed: 2020
Materials: Silk and metallic with embroidery
Technique: Handwoven ondulé
Dimensions: 24” x 24”
Year Completed: 2020
Materials: Silk and plastic
Technique: Handwoven ondulé and hand made net
Dimensions: 24” x 24”
Year Completed: 2018-19
Materials: Silk
Technique: Handwoven ondulé and hand made net
Dimensions: 24” x 24”
NFS
Year Completed: 2018-19
Materials: Rayon, silk and metallic
Technique: Handwoven ondulé, net-making, cyanotype and stitching
Dimensions: 33” x 29”
Year Completed: 2019
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Materials: Rayon and metallic with barbed wire
Technique: Handwoven ondulé
Dimensions: 44” x 36”
Year Completed: 2018
Deep Local
This work reflects my experience of American subcultures: being born and raised in coastal northern New England, and living now in the rural Appalachian south. The cultural influence of a rural community lies in its natural resources and related industries. The distinction between fishing and farming feels as starkly different as the topographies of shoreline and mountains.
The geography of Knox County, Maine is comprised of 365 square miles of land, and 779 square miles of water*. Alternatively, there is approximately 48,975 acres of agricultural land in the region where I now live (Haywood County, western North Carolina).** I have extrapolated that there could be as much as 235 miles of barbwire fence here, surrounding pasture lands and private properties. Since 1874, this galvanized-steel fencing has been used as an inexpensive solution to demarcate and delineate land, and to me it embodies the spirit of the American rural south and the strongly rooted subculture that is Appalachia.
I present this regional contrast by embedding lengths of rusted, found-barbwire (found on my Haywood County property) into an ethereal and fluid ondulé-woven cloth: dappled with light and evocative of the fluidity and expansiveness of the ocean. It is the first of my work to incorporate elements from my current environment, into the handwovens that draw upon my place of birth.
Materials: Silk, linen and metallic
Technique: Handwoven ondulé and hand made net
Dimensions: 24” x 24”
Year Completed: 2018-19
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