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Blönduós

Created during my residency at the Icelandic Textile Center in Blönduós, these large-scale sculptural weavings explored movement, environment, and spatial tension through both on- and off-loom processes. Using Icelandic wool, N1 cotton thread, and foraged plant fibers, the work shifted between the openness of the surrounding landscape and the contained architecture of the gallery.

Alongside the larger forms, producing smaller daily studies- embroidered, woven, and drawn responses that documented material experimentation and my evolving relationship to place throughout the residency.

Juncture of North Atlantic & Arctic Oceans, 2015, Icelandic wool, silver metallic, 65 x 58 inches
Juncture of North Atlantic & Arctic Oceans (detail), 2015, Icelandic wool, silver metallic, 65 x 58 inches
Huldufólk III, 2015, Icelandic wool, reeds, 20 x 60 inches
Réttir, 2015, Icelandic wool, 46 x 62 inches
Réttir, 2015, Icelandic wool, 46 x 62 inches
Sauðfé, 2015, Icelandic wool, wood 36 x 80 inches
Sauðfé (detail), 2015, Icelandic wool, wood 36 x 80 inches
Torfbærinn, 2015, Cotton threads, Icelandic wool, 32 x 80 inches
Torfbærinn, 2015, Cotton threads, Icelandic wool, 32 x 80 inches
Icelandic Lava Field, 2015, Icelandic wool, 16 x 58 inches
Icelandic Lava Field (detail), 2015, Icelandic wool, 16 x 58 inches
Icelandic Snowscape, 2015, Icelandic wool, 14 x 58 inches
Icelandic Snowscape, 2015, Icelandic wool, 14 x 58 inches
Icelandic Snowscape, 2015, Icelandic wool, 14 x 58 inches
Icelandic Hestur, 2016, Icelandic wool, horsehair, 32 x 48 inches
Icelandic Hestur (detail), 2016, Icelandic wool, horsehair, 32 x 48 inches
Photo: Andria Lo
Warp Weighted Loom (detail), 2016, Icelandic wool, linen, house paint, wood, 96 x 120 inches
Warp Weighted Loom, 2016, Icelandic wool, linen, house paint, wood, 96 x 120 inches
Emergency Blanket I, 2016, Emergency blanket, house paint, Icelandic wool, 15 x 15 inches
Emergency Blanket I (detail), 2016, Emergency blanket, house paint, Icelandic wool, 15 x 15 inches
Emergency Blanket II, 2016, Emergency blanket, house paint, Icelandic wool, 15 x 15 inches
Emergency Blanket II (detail), 2016, Emergency blanket, house paint, Icelandic wool, 15 x 15 inches