Tag Archives for MoCC Laurie Herrick Residency
ArtClothText | Best of 2011
Translator2011 was a busy year on ArtClothText and I was hard-pressed to pull only a few highlights to share with you this New Year’s Eve. I suppose a good place to start would be Studio Practice, a series of posts … Continue reading
Deborah Valoma | Longing
Translator Deborah Valoma, Longing, 2011, installation and performance integrating the sensual, spatial, and rhythmic dynamics of weaving and dance. Improvisational movement by Victor Alexander and Yismari Ramos Tellez. Music and sound by Arianna Brame and Petra Valoma. Filmed at the … Continue reading
MoCC Portland Residency | Installation
Translator Installation of Recollect 2 was a breeze thanks to Kat Perez the exhibition coordinator. I was happy to have the work installed near my primary inspirations for this project – Laurie Herrick’s Purple Polychrome and Tree of Life. I … Continue reading
MoCC Portland Residency | Finishing
Translator Today was the day (after six final hours of weaving) to hem stitch then cut Recollect 2 from the loom. After some repairs and wet finishing it will be ready to hang tomorrow. Here are a couple images of … Continue reading
MoCC Portland Residency | From the loom…
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MoCC Portland Residency | Pattern variation
Translator I began weaving today with a tie up composed of three interleaved sequences of random integers. The plan is to change the tie-up each time I run out of treadling variations (approximately once a day). The blocks in the … Continue reading
MoCC Portland Residency | Threading
Translator Four-hundred forty done, three-hundred twenty left to thread. Weaving begins tomorrow.
MoCC Portland Residency | Beaming the warp
Translator I arrived at the museum in the morning ready to spend the day getting set up for two whole weeks of weaving. This was my first chance to meet the exhibit’s curator Namita Gupta Wiggers in person and discuss … Continue reading
MoCC Portland Residency | Natural Dye Workshop at PNCA
Translator This weekend I taught a Natural Dye Workshop at Pacific Northwest College of Art assisted by Lauren Raburn. It was a busy two days in which we managed to dye over thirty shades of colour on wool, silk and … Continue reading
MoCC Portland Residency | Warping time
Translator Winding a warp today with ink-stained and naturally-dyed threads. Unfortunately the ink proved to be very strong and crept under the ties making the resulting pattern rather muted. At first I was incredibly disappointed having lost all of that … Continue reading