Mandy Greer 'Zuster Sweoster Systir'

Mandy Greer just keeps upping the ante. The woman is truly amazing.

"“Zuster Sweostor Systir”, a companion show to my project from this past spring and summer “Mater Matrix Mother and Medium”, opens on First Thursday, Feb. 4th 2010 at Ohge Ltd. Gallery, Seattle. The show features a film made in collaboration with Ian Lucero, created out of Zoe Scofield and Morgan Henderson’s performance from MMMM, performance artifacts, as well as photographs created in collaboration with Jennifer Zwick, performance photos by Juniper Shuey, as well as paper quilts and objects and photos created in collaboration with Paul Margolis that came out of my continued fascination with the fabricated woods we find around Seattle."

OPENS February 4 at Ohge Ltd. View more gorgeous images here.

*photos by Paul Margolis/courtesy of Mandy Greer

'Tying Up Loose Ends' at the Hunterdon

'Centered' by Karen Ciaramella (wool, canvas)

Celebrate the closing of Knitted, Knotted, Netted at the Hunterdon Art Museum this Sunday, January 24th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.

This special event will focus on the art of knitting and crocheting and will offer a wide range of activities for adults and children.

'Desert Contrast' by Leslie Pontz

Two Knitted, Knotted, Netted workshops, Contrasting Elements: Metal Crochet Workshop with Leslie Pontz (basic crochet skills are required) and Patterns in Nature: A Design Workshop for Knitters with Ruth Marshall (students should know how to knit and purl). Both Pontz and Marshall are exhibiting artists in Knitted, Knotted, Netted. Tuition and pre-registration are required for each workshop.

For more information about the workshops, please visit www.hunterdonartmuseum.org (Click on Education, art classes).

Karen Ciaramella, also an exhibiting artist in Knitted, Knotted, Netted, will demonstrate her artistic process using white sheep's wool.

Water Falls at the Hunterdon Art Museum

Water Falls is a site-specific interactive installation currently on view at the historic Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, New Jersey along the Passaic River.


Artist Michelle Vitale Loughlin was inspired by the 200-foot long waterfall adjacent to the Hunterdon Art Museum, and in turn made gestural drawings that she translated into three-dimensional knitted forms using silver synthetic fibers and an industrial knitting machine. Stitched together, these cascading forms transform the inside of the Museum's River Gallery and mimic the action of the water outside.




"With this project, Loughlin aims to probe an iconic image - one associated with the unspoiled and pristine aspects of Nature, and present a more honest portrayal. By stitching a variety of found objects into the flowing forms of Water Falls, i.e. water bottles, latex gloves, and coffee cup lids, Loughlin references the detritus that is an all too familiar element of most natural settings, and as the artist aptly points out, the man-made and the natural are no longer separate."

*Water Falls is on view through Sunday, January 24, 2010

New York Times Review on 1.10.2010

Fiber Flotsam by Abigail Doan (2009)

New York Times review of 'Knitted, Knotted, Netted' by Benjamin Genocchio/January 10, 2010.

Exotic Twists and Turns in Fiber

Claire Zeisler's 'Tri-color Arch (1983-84)', hemp and synthetic fiber via The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Ratti Textile Archive

Close up view of my mother's friend's antique circular knitting machine (which she recently salvaged and repaired)

Victorian-style lace jelly fish specimen by Elide Endreson via Red Cake Gallery

'Shroud No. 3' by Michelle Vitale Loughlin aka Woolpunk Studios

Eco Winter Wonderland Designs

Wieteke Opmeer's 'Zeetrofee'

Slow design couture by Jantaminiau

Recycled plastics snow crystal jewelry by Kumvana Gomani

Anne Miek Bibber's white millstone (plastic cup) collar

* Designers Kumvana Gomani and Jantaminiau will also participate in EcoChic Geneva on January 21st.