Tag Archives for Portland
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
Jason Russel at Gallery in MoCC
Translator Jason Russel is currently the featured artist in the Gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon. I make objects because it feels very human to me. It gives me a sense of participation in this time … 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 | Inertia
Translator Weaving continues this week. Slowly. I am aiming to cut the cloth from the loom no later than Thursday evening leaving a little time for finishing (overnight basically) before hanging in the gallery Friday afternoon. The finished work will … 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.
from Portland…
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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