THRESHOLDS
I use a home crafter knitting machine, and a standard home washing machine to produce monumentally scaled pieces. I am compelled by color mixing and shifts in values that convey a quality of changing light and movement. I think of these as rugs, quite literally making work that conceptually defines the place in which we stand.
Fever Dream
117″ x 84″
117″ x 84″
Fever Dream, detail
Fever Dream, detail
Conjoined
102″ x 79″
102″ x 79″
Conjoined, detail
Conjoined, detail
Twin Trees A & B
Twin Trees A
127″ x 95″
127″ x 95″
Twin Trees A, detail
Twin Trees A, detail
Twin Trees B
197″ x 25″
197″ x 25″
Twin Trees B, detail
Twin Trees B, detail
Ghost Trees Day
135″ x 93″
135″ x 93″
Ghost Trees Day, detail
Ghost Trees Day, detail
Ghost Trees Morning
124″ x 98″
124″ x 98″
Ghost Trees Morning, detail
Shelter Winter Day
115″ x 94″
115″ x 94″
Shelter Winter Day, detail
Shelter Winter Day, detail
Shelter Night
108″ x 89″
108″ x 89″
Shelter Night, detail
Shelter Night, detail
Highland Forest
85″ x 114″
85″ x 114″
Highland Forest, detail
Interior Landscape, Quicksand Fall
87″ x 88″
87″ x 88″
Interior Landscape, Quicksand Fall, detail
Interior Landscape, Wildfire Summer
81″ x 88″
81″ x 88″
Interior Landscape, Wildfire Summer, detail
Interior Landscape, Early Spring, Early Morning
110″ x 90″
110″ x 90″
Interior Landscape, Early Spring, Early Morning, detail
Interior Landscape, Winter Night
115″ x 88″
115″ x 88″
Interior Landscape, Winter Night, exhibition view
Ashes
60″ x 70″
60″ x 70″
Ashes, detail
Captain’s Chair
80″ x 84″
80″ x 84″
Captain’s Chair, detail
Loud Silence
121″ x 92″
121″ x 92″
Loud Silence, detail
Loud Silence, detail
Loud Silence, detail
Loud Silence 2
91″ x 64″
91″ x 64″
Loud Silence 2, detail
Loud Silence 2, detail
Loud Silence 2, detail
Loud Silence 3
98″ x 66″
98″ x 66″
Loud Silence 3, detail
Loud Silence 3, detail
Loud Silence 3, detail
Loud Silence 4
83″ x 56″
83″ x 56″
Loud Silence 4, detail
Loud Silence 4, detail
Loud Silence 4, detail
Sisters: Night
129″ x 90″
129″ x 90″
Sisters: Night, detail
Sisters: Night, detail
Sisters: Night, detail
Nest: Day
58″ x 60″
58″ x 60″
Nest: Day, detail
Nest: Day, detail
Nest: Day, detail
Nest: Dusk
63″ x 68″
63″ x 68″
Nest: Dusk, detail
Nest: Dusk, detail
Nest: Dusk, detail
Crab Nebula
93″ x 77″
93″ x 77″
Crab Nebula, detail
Crab Nebula, detail
Crab Nebula, detail
Love and Loathe
136″ x 90″
136″ x 90″
Love and Loathe, detail
Love and Loathe, detail
Love and Loathe, detail
Insomnia
95″ x 88″
95″ x 88″
Insomnia, detail
Hand
74″ x 63″
74″ x 63″
Hand, detail
Mother and Child: Night
173″ x 89″
173″ x 89″
Mother and Child: Night, detail
Mother and Child: Day
91″ x 85″
91″ x 85″
Mother and Child: Day, detail
Mother and Child Study
91″ x 85″
91″ x 85″
Mother and Child Study, detail
Kite
107″ x 91″
107″ x 91″
Kite, detail
Arrival
93″ x 90″
93″ x 90″
Arrival, detail
Gravity
103″ x 117″
103″ x 117″
Gravity, detail
Measure: Night
75″ x 64″
75″ x 64″
Measure: Night, detail
Wonderland: Betty, Dorothy, and Alice
79″ x 125″
79″ x 125″
Wonderland: Betty, Dorothy, and Alice; detail
Math Notes: Day
73″ x 50″
73″ x 50″
Math Notes: Night
73″ x 59″
73″ x 59″
Time Notes: Day
93″ x 63″
93″ x 63″
Time Notes: Night
96″ x 68″
96″ x 68″
PROCESS
Knitting machine set up with computer.
Tacking floats. Showing how open the knit structure is when made.
Pieces are knit in panels then hand-sewn together for washing.
Left, how it looks just off the machine. Right, after multiple washings.