In This Exhibition
Past Works
I make abstract weavings using brightly colored abstract shapes that blend into each other. I begin each one with a small shape and I weave circles around it, allowing the shapes to form organically and letting the colors fade one into the next. I find the process of weaving meditative, the motion is repetitive and the pieces come about fairly slowly, which allows me to focus in on weaving and drop out of my surroundings. Because each is small in scale, the process of weaving by hand is a very intimate one. Although my pieces aren’t utilitarian like traditional woven pieces like blankets or cloth, or as pictorial as traditional tapestries, weaving is an ancient tradition which I feel connected to when I am working – the process has remained nearly identical for millenia. However, in the digital age, I see a connection between the stitches which make up my tapestries and the pixels which make up our computer or phone screens – each alone is just one color, but when placed together, they can create complex images and patterns.
I began weaving in Spring 2020, and the resulting collection of pieces have become a reflection of my past year during the pandemic. I’ve become increasingly interested in interpersonal connection, even if we cannot be together physically, how do we interact and affect each other anyways? I represent this through the space between the shapes in my weavings – by drawing attention to the places they interact and intersect to create new ones. Often, I begin with contrasting colors to see how they may meet and blend in unexpected ways. In some pieces, I heighten this contrast by adding hard, unconnected geometric shapes that feel indicative of maps or city buildings. How do our physical surroundings determine how we can interact with one another?