I tend towards weaving simply. In 32,000 passes of the shuttle —over, under—I grieved the loss of a loved one —over, under—accumulated into narrow bands of cloth to trace arched windows.
“pair of woven arches” cotton thread, kunststoff thread, nails, 384” x 8” (x2), 2025
Created for Caleb Witvoet’s exhibtion
Up Worlds Down Words
at the Hotel Maria Kapel 16th century chapel, turned studio/exhibition space in Hoorn, West Friesland, NL.
aisle sow
when I speak the title aloud, with no written support, you could hear
I’ll
Isle
Aisle
sow
saw
sew
when I speak the title aloud, with no written support, you could hear
I’ll
Isle
Aisle
sow
saw
sew
“aisle sow”, canvas, wood glue clamps, cotton woven, linen woven, acrylic, ink, pigments, 10’ x 10’, 2024
leaned up together
Indulge my gentle touch
warm tones of thrumbing and voice
drawing and weaving speak a similar language
overlapping accumulates into new ground
to build from
the work is mostly done for now
we are leaned for a while
slow to get up
shy even
Indulge my gentle touch
warm tones of thrumbing and voice
drawing and weaving speak a similar language
overlapping accumulates into new ground
to build from
the work is mostly done for now
we are leaned for a while
slow to get up
shy even
“leaned up together”, paper, ink, gouache, cotton, beech wood loom, rusty steel bits, masking tape, 20” x 28” (drawing), 2023
hold fast and soft chance
paper studio blinds and a porous weaving
Photos by Caleb WitvoetWeaving compositions with the Xerox
winter 2023
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subject: before venturing out my love
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I’ve been cut from the loom, ends not knotted or finished. I while away taped to a mirror for some time, then a malimineesque wall. That was thankfully brief. I was laid out to rest. In this form I am processed.
“Processing… 1 Original”,Xerox scan, 11” x 8 1/2”, 2023
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