A sparkle explosion just happened in the DWL studio!! It was so amazing to have our very own Jessica Pinsky as a resident and even more amazing to watch this gold and silver warp be woven!
Weaving on: Collin Joining us from: Cleveland, OH Tell us about yourself and what led you to the residency? I am the Executive Director of Praxis Fiber Workshop and a practicing artist here in Cleveland. I have had a few quick opportunities to weave on our TC2s but never had the chance to do a full residency until now. Cleveland Institute of Art has invited me to be part of a 5 person exhibit and they supported this residency and the production of new work. Have you had any previous experience with Digital Weaving or Jacquard? Yes! However, without meeting Cathryn Amidei and working with her to develop the Digital Weaving Lab, I wouldn't have sought the tool out for my own practice. I normally paint my warps and use a plain weave structure. It has taken over three years to see how using the TC2 could support my practice. I have learned so much!! Any goals for the residency you'd like to share? YES. I came into this residency with the goal of making a singular weaving. This consists of two panels, each 16' x 44" that will be sewn together to create a large rectangle. I have always wanted to make an all gold weaving and with the capabilities of the TC2 I dreamt of a large gold-scape that slowly shifts to silver. I achieved this with an end and end gold and silver warp and mostly double weave structures. The piece will be suspended in the air and viewed from both sides! Connect with Jessica via instagram @jpinsk, Website: www.jessicapinsky.com
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Gigi, it was great to have you back at Praxis! It was interesting to learn about captcha images and watch you tackle that 36 yard warp!!
Weaving on: Lou Joining us from: Stoughton, WI Tell us about yourself and what led you to the residency? I graduated in 2023 from SAIC's Fiber & Material Studies program, which is blessed with three (!!) TC2 looms. That's how I became addicted to the funnest, most instantly gratifying, and totally impractical machine! My background is in photography, and my weaving interests are mostly new finding ways to articulate photographic content on the loom. I jokingly called myself "the human inkjet printer" in an Instagram post and it kind of stuck - the past few years I've been developing a system of weaving in CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) yarn, the same colors a printer uses. Have you had any previous experience with Digital Weaving or Jacquard? I'm a previous Praxis resident and have been eagerly awaiting another opportunity to use the looms! When this opportunity came up, I jumped! Any goals for the residency you'd like to share? Since I have previous experience and a set of weaving structures I've been tinkering with, my goals are mostly to get in there and produce. My MFA thesis piece was a nine-by-nine-foot weaving, and I'm hoping to make it a friend. Connect with Gigi via instagram @bytethehand, Website: gigigastevich.com Eel, it was nice to have you at Praxis. Your excitement and positivity was a great addition to our community. Your woven tintypes turned out amazing!!
Weaving on: Collin Tell us about yourself and what led you to the residency? I knew weaving would forever be a part of my practice when after only the first day of using the TC2, it was making its way into my dreams. I am an interdisciplinary sculptural artist working through metaphor for, and in relation to the body. Focusing on the softness found within tension, I celebrate connection through a combination of care and play. I have my BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and my MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and have been wanting to partake in Praxis! Have you had any previous experience with Digital Weaving or Jacquard? I did! I fell in love with the TC2 in grad school at Cranbrook Academy of Art!!! Any goals for the residency you'd like to share? As part of an ongoing series, I have been traveling to all of the places that I've lived, setting up dark rooms in the closets or hallways of my queer friends' houses and documenting them in their outdoor spaces. An image showing up slowly on a wet plate, further distorted through weaving, built thread by thread but at the same time translating the most possible information thanks to the TC2. Instead of an image existing on the surface these images would be made whole, made sculptural. Connect with Eel via instagram @eelcostello Amy, it was great to see you back for another residency! Your use of multiple wefts and dedication to get through all of your warp was so fun to watch :)
Weaving on: Lou Joining us from: Twin Cities, Minnesota Tell us about yourself and what led you to the residency? I primarily needle-weave sculptural physical and psychological landscapes onto old nets. I’m interested in the TC2 as a means to add thematic depth as a two-dimensional counterpoint to that work. Have you had any previous experience with Digital Weaving or Jacquard? I had my first exposure to the TC2 last year at Praxis. This year, thanks to a brief refresher @LMRM, I felt much more prepared. So much yet to learn—access to this incredible loom is a gift! Any goals for the residency you'd like to share? Intrigued by what I saw as anthropomorphic form on an airport subfloor, I wanted to weave a human-built landscape as an alternate, image-based point of shared humanity. Connect with Amy via instagram @amyusdin, Website: amyusdin.com |
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