Homage to Spiral Jetty #10

Media: cotton woven with paper and linen thread

Statement:
“Spiral Jetty” became the impetus for my research project “Homage to the Spiral Jetty: Woven Forms.” The combination of exploring ancient materials of cotton warp and a two color weft thread (shifu) and linen or only a paper thread, (shifu) creates the cultural cross-fertilization of disciplines of textile and paper.

Homage to Spiral Jetty #11

Media: cotton woven with paper and linen thread

Statement:
“Spiral Jetty” became the impetus for my research project “Homage to the Spiral Jetty: Woven Forms.” The combination of exploring ancient materials of cotton warp and a two color weft thread (shifu) and linen or only a paper thread, (shifu) creates the cultural cross-fertilization of disciplines of textile and paper.

Homage to Spiral Jetty #13

Media: cotton woven with paper and linen thread

Statement:
“Spiral Jetty” became the impetus for my research project “Homage to the Spiral Jetty: Woven Forms.” The combination of exploring ancient materials of cotton warp and a two color weft thread (shifu) and linen or only a paper thread, (shifu) creates the cultural cross-fertilization of disciplines of textile and paper.

Biography

I have been exploring jacquard hand-weaving and the use of computer technology. Photographing places that I have been and seen, I have documented myself; combining those images with computer design and weaving allows me to be involved with cultural cross-fertilization and trying to understand the visualization of my thought process.