detail of a micro-weaving for Toolshedding | Abigail Doan (September 2015)
Please join me for Toolshedding at Weaving Hand gallery in Brooklyn on October 1 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. The event will include an artist discussion and installation featuring a selection of handmade artifacts and textile tools from my studio library.
Toolshedding is an ongoing project exploring the visual archiving and preservation of culturally endangered agricultural and textile objects. As an artist who has lived between the U.S. and Eastern Europe for the past several years, I have been been collecting and working with fiber artifacts, regional textiles, and rural tools in order to explore border-defying design and fashion ideas.
Collected artifacts include shepherd bells from Bulgaria, braided tent rope from Turkey, hand-spun wool from the Hudson Valley, woven banners from Bohemia, folkloric costume elements, vintage embroidery diagrams, and recycled fibers from the studios of artist and designer friends.
Toolshedding will remain on view through October 24, 2015
Weaving Hand gallery is located at
47 Hall Street, Section E#1, 2nd floor | entrance is on 43 Hall Street
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