Fiber Form Independence

I could not think of a better example of the spirit of independence in fiber arts and line drawing than Brece Honeycutt's homespun interpretation of webs and Arachne diagramming.




Her woven and knitted Arachne series on view for one more week at Poplar Gallery.online is a mysterious spin on the site-specific mapping of the invisible realm and domestic free form activity.

Brece states, "During my 2008 Residency at Pocket Utopia (Brooklyn, NY), I spun carded wool—a process taking a mass of fiber and making it into a strand of yarn, a long line. From these yards and yards of homespun, I constructed rudimentary weavings and knitted sculptures - drawings out of wool - and installed them in the unique spaces of Pocket Utopia."




Brece's mixed media drawings are also currently on view in Cultural Corridor IV at the Storefront Artist Project in Pittsfield, Massachusetts until July 26, 2009.

Happy Independence Day!

* Brece Honeycutt's artist website
* above images of the Arachne series courtesy of the artist

Jan Dunning's Floral Chambers

Love this eco loaded photo from Jan Dunning via Wieteke Opmeer

Horse Hair Weaving by Marianne Kemp

I was really floored recently when dear friend Annouk Post of Hiphonest turned me on to the amazing textile work of Dutch artist and designer Marianne Kemp. Looking beyond the texture and strands of fiber is inherent to Marianne's exquisitely crafted work. Why? Because she uses delicate and gossamer strands of Mongolian horse hair to create sculptural, wall, and interior installations. Kemp's portfolio site, Horse Hair Weaving, provides an alluring glimpse into an environmentally-charged world inhabitated by forms such as 'crawling hedgehogs, golden ringlets, gods, and caterpillars'.

Marianne Kemp's work will be on view in 'Beauty Can Save The World' at thekey, the sustainable design fashion showcase at Berlin Fashion Week.


* above images courtesy of Marianne Kemp

Final Salon at Pocket Utopia

Over and Out

Pocket Utopia presents: 'Finally Utopic'
The Final Salon
Sunday, June 28th at 4:00 pm
1037 Flushing Avenue/Bushwick
Open Saturday and Sunday 12-6 p.m. and by appointment
visit www.pocketutopia.com

* top image by Austin Thomas. Title: "Think of your ideas" (2008), 5 x 7 inches, gocco ink on paper, edition of 10

Old Growth Equals New Growth

Recent images of vine-like vegetation prevailing in my neighborhood in Sofia. Everything 'old' seems 'new' here. I love that nature makes this regional architecture seem so contemporary, despite the lack of funding for public works or formal renovation initiatives. It is quite humbling and eye-opening, all at the same time.

Ready Made Street Art from Sofia

* unaltered street collages from my neighborhood here in Sofia

LAND/ART Symposium This Weekend

For all of you land art lovers out there, do not miss the LAND/ART symposium in New Mexico this weekend. An exploration of the relationships between land, art, and community through exhibitions, site-specific art works, lectures, and a culminating book. The collaboration seeks to address our changing relationship to nature, and to offer a new or previously unconsidered understanding of the place in which we live.

Also opening at The Albuquerque Museum, 'Experimental Geography'

June 28 – September 20, 2009
Reception Sunday, June 28, 2-4pm
Panel Discussion Sunday, June 28, 1pm

* LAND/ART 2009 events
* THE LAND/an art site