http://www.putansutextiles.com/artwork daily 0.75 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1499175918714-YOEFVMQRI1CX2R3KYBAI/white+silk.JPG Artwork - Silk hand woven ondulé textile approx. 12x60" available at 2017 Penland Benefit Auction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1506461359380-TZHDUHOQUPCFVAXYYE6S/Horizon+II+Night_Putansu.jpg Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1510858486772-8I9KHI7SAVRC7LB37FLO/AmyPutansu10_17_04_web.jpg Artwork - "Newspaper I" material study Materials: newspaper, common pins, foam core Dimensions: 15" x 11.5" Year Completed: 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1448491801553-U3WRQMQSKD9YY2AE3ODP/Amy+Putansu+ondule+weaving+Horizon+painted+warp+threads+fiber+art+handweaving++copy.jpg Artwork - Horizon -SOLD Materials: Cotton, rayon, metallic Technique: Hand woven double weave ondulé, painted warp threads Dimensions: 35 x 35" Year Completed: 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1483286552238-8JAEO9WVUI9OP9O58SCM/AmyPutansu06_16_06_web.jpg Artwork - detail of Store Cloth III: Polyester Store Cloth Series The evolution of woven cloth from historical Appalachian homesteads to disposable “fast-fashion” is expressed in this series of woven panels, recognizing the shifting value of cloth. The panels are handwoven in variations of the Double Bow Knot pattern, using discarded industrially made garments. The ondule´ technique of waving threads further distorts this historically relevant pattern, echoing the contemporary perception of woven cloth as ubiquitous and undervalued. The term ‘store cloth’ was used to describe commercially woven cloth after the end of the Civil War. The availability of commercially woven cloth started the decline in hand weaving- from nearly every Appalachian homestead using a floor loom for hand weaving, to a near-extinction of the craft. In 1895 a revival of hand weaving in the mountains was inspired when Francis Goodrich was gifted a hand woven overshot coverlet in the traditional Double Bow Knot pattern. (Alvic, 2009) Goodrich’s efforts contributed to the rebirth of hand weaving among women of Appalachia for economic purposes. Today, massive amounts of commercially woven cloth are produced each day across the globe. Much of this cloth becomes clothing- a multi-trillion dollar industry. (Green Zone, 2016) This cloth is made so quickly, cheaply and in total excess that it is considered, even at times designed to be disposable. The ‘bins’ at Goodwill Industries in Asheville is a last stop for discarded garments and these are sold by the pound. That which is not sold here will be crated for shipment to other countries. Sources: Alvic, Philis. Weavers of the Southern Highlands, University of Kentucky Press, 2009. http://www.greenzonenc.com/waste-couture/, blog post June 13, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1526238155404-2G2KWUISF9VR1F24EG54/Sandbar+detail_Putansu.jpg Artwork - detail of Sandbar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1713812100310-YUML7XY8VMAU4D4X2OBF/AmyPutansu02_2024_15_web.jpg Artwork - Sargasso Study #2 Silkscreen print on handmade paper, cotton and seaweed 11H x 12.25W x .75D inches 2023 $500 Contact Amy Putansu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1721221734724-JMHSCJJRNLWRZE2JC4I5/image-asset.jpeg Artwork - Seiche Handwoven ondulé double weave, cotton, rayon, metallic, stainless steel, printing and dyeing 24.25H x 24.25W x 1.875D inches, framed $1,800 2024 Contact Cohab.Space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1768825569953-K96F02DBQZNAZU773DQR/image-asset.jpeg Artwork - Irisation Handwoven ondulé with resist dyeing 32.5” x 46” $5,300 2021 Contact Penland Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1721221332481-XH158V9J4AIVNG3DAMJH/Putansu_FG-WL_489-11.jpg Artwork - Herring - SOLD Handwoven ondulé and stitching 17" x 17" excluding frame 2024 Contact Penland Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1756060887224-YFBC4Z4S46CP6GPYZ2XN/Putansu_Terra+Feminarum.jpg Artwork - Terra Feminarum Handwoven ondulé in linen and mixed fibers, dyeing, stitching, and conté crayon 45” x 71” $10,000 2025 Contact Blue Spiral 1 Gallery http://www.putansutextiles.com/work daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1476184985994-FSWI5ADFNGUNCAN9OZ3V/Store+Cloth+I+detail_Putansu.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1611243886545-2ZYFFX7ODSVI5752JAHR/Cloudscape_Putansu.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1635851021510-QI7VIODPR63WF5UFGDLS/IMG_1462.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1661002242123-8VGA9DS65H75E4OTQLLI/Horizon+detail+Putansu+copy.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1661002278436-BY0096NSQALAQYZG57SF/Amy+Test+copy.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1661002419299-QOTZIOKSOWQRKUB99L4C/Putansu_Potential+detail.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1661002540399-BK6FBV8LFD18ZGYIRJFQ/Screen+Shot+2021-03-04+at+4.47.19+PM+copy.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1448479092903-1X10KQTIRZ2LUJTS2OVT/Amy+Putansu+ondule+weaving+hand+woven+contemporary+fiber+art+painted+threads+double+weave.jpeg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1450879320184-JGWQTNG4L2STWDB9AJTU/collarmollyericksonopenreedsuziballengerhaywoodcommunitycollegeprofessionalcrafts About Hand woven collar by Haywood graduate Molly Erickson, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/09c9476a-80b8-46d2-a2cc-8f6dcac8919b/IMG_5459.jpeg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/eefd1735-767a-4a9c-9f52-4a581a5b9f4e/Amy-still-IMG_0032.jpg About The spark for almost every textile I create stems from questions pertinent to my connection with the flux between land and sea. Questions of impermanence and purpose are part of the human predicament, and I balance this uncertainty by beginning each weaving project from a place of experiential understanding. Using a rare hand-weaving technique called ondulé, I maneuver threads out of the strict grid and into wave-like patterns and lines. The resulting contemplative fields of woven work uphold a minimalist aesthetic, with high regard for restraint. Physically, the process of moving with the loom mimics the movement of the tides. Aesthetically, ondulé weaving enables me to capture the fluidity and textures in the visual vocabulary I amassed during my solitary childhood roaming the shores and islands along the North Atlantic. Undulating waves of the ocean, tidal patterns in the sand, and especially the distant horizon. Bio Amy has been making cloth since she began her textile education at Rhode Island School of Design in 1991. This pursuit has been mainly in the form of hand-weaving on Macomber looms. However she has also designed cloth for jacquard that was woven at the Oriole Mill, designed and woven interiors and garment yardage on AVL dobby looms and even took a machine knitting class once. Her passion and area of expertise are weaving by hand, particularly multiple-layer fabrics and ondulé. Other techniques and ideas have captured her interest since she became a full-time educator in 2008, at Haywood Community College in the renowned Professional Crafts Program: a unique college experience in existence for over 40 years in the mountains of western North Carolina. These techniques focus on the Japanese art of shibori and can be combined with carefully constructed hand-woven or well-chosen commercial fabrics to produce striking and original textiles. Amy grew up on the rocky shoreline of coastal Maine, her family is deeply rooted there for generations. The stark and raw nature of the coastal environment has influenced both her aesthetic sensibility and her approach to materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1635634414845-NCX5O9JXIB9W4JI624LK/Screen+Shot+2021-10-30+at+6.52.10+PM.png About - Make it stand out Voices on Cloth — Podcasts from Maiwa Invitation to the Divine — Amy Putansu February 13, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1566054040835-KH3RCN4SA01UI6TQXUE8/Amy-Putansu-1.jpg About Asheville Made magazine, July 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1566054302013-WXWAENYX69SZKRT84MY2/IMG_4449.jpg About BY MAIWA - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/526bc81fe4b032dd3508a237/1566054646437-7Y65MBDK3GINMCOL2YU4/art_fr.jpg About Smoky Mountain News, Written by Garret K. 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