Monday, March 7, 2011

Ikat Aesthetic

In graduate school I began investigating warp painting.  It intrigued me for many reasons: in weaving cloth through a painted warp, I was literally submerging my imagery into the woven structure.  Warp painting allowed me to play with my image by manipulating tension and moving individual threads within the warp, and with the quality of the edges of the image.  I soon recognized my fascination with this edge quality as being influenced by my exposure to and admiration of the ikat technique.  Looking back at my work from 2008 until now, I can trace the evolution of my edges and my growing involvement with the aesthetics of ikat fabric:
Quietly, Quietly 2008

Holding In 2009

From Here 2009

The Weaver's Bench (l), Shift (r), Thesis 2010

Details of The Weaver's Bench (l) and Shift (r)

Comfort 2010

Body Blot #1 2011

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