1. 23 Feb


    Willow by Stephany Latham, 2012. I’ve actually begun to re-work this piece and add some much needed bloom.  Hopefully there can be a transformation before spring!

    Willow by Stephany Latham, 2012.

    I’ve actually begun to re-work this piece and add some much needed bloom.  Hopefully there can be a transformation before spring!

     

  2. 14 Dec


    Detail of the “Growth” textile which originally began expanding in 2010.   The felted landscape, or Growth mural, focuses on the intense tactile qualities of fibrous elements. Using natural fibers of wool, various animal hair, and immersion dyes, I aim to replicate the natural development of traveling plant life. The process is parallel to the slow, natural progression of growth in mosses, lichen, and fungi when it explores a new environment. Like plants, human growth is a slow and laborious process in which we intuitively adapt to our surroundings; leading to continual transformation. The underlying layer is our unconscious development in which we store our memories and resilient capabilities. The continual growth of new colorful flora is shaped by our experience that we share with others. The embroidery of our thoughts represents the choices that lead to different paths we take in life. This is a body of art that hovers over the surreal, between the reality and fantasy of human cognition and its amazing ability to adapt to any environment. Hopefully this piece will make it to the Bridgeport Artist Competition.  More photos and work to come! Textile installation by Stephany Latham.

    Detail of the “Growth” textile which originally began expanding in 2010.  

    The felted landscape, or Growth mural, focuses on the intense tactile qualities of fibrous elements. Using natural fibers of wool, various animal hair, and immersion dyes, I aim to replicate the natural development of traveling plant life. The process is parallel to the slow, natural progression of growth in mosses, lichen, and fungi when it explores a new environment. Like plants, human growth is a slow and laborious process in which we intuitively adapt to our surroundings; leading to continual transformation. The underlying layer is our unconscious development in which we store our memories and resilient capabilities. The continual growth of new colorful flora is shaped by our experience that we share with others. The embroidery of our thoughts represents the choices that lead to different paths we take in life. This is a body of art that hovers over the surreal, between the reality and fantasy of human cognition and its amazing ability to adapt to any environment.

    Hopefully this piece will make it to the Bridgeport Artist Competition.  More photos and work to come! Textile installation by Stephany Latham.

     

  3. 7 Nov


    If you have four minutes please watch this video about one of the oldest and most widespread forms of textile decoration.  IKAT. It is a process in which the artist binds and dyes the warp or weft fibers to create an image.  

    Video and artwork created by artist: Whitney Matalone

    (Source: urban-prairie-dye-project, via urban-prairie-dye-project)

     

  4. 24 Oct


    ericatanov: this reminds me of the the macrame board and weaving projects my sister and i would do at my dad’s house on the weekends when we were kids. i want to go back to doing this..

    ericatanov:

    this reminds me of the the macrame board and weaving projects my sister and i would do at my dad’s house on the weekends when we were kids.

    i want to go back to doing this..

    (via cocon-inp)

     

  5. 9 Oct


    One of my idols, Sheila Hicks. source: emmacooper

    One of my idols, Sheila Hicks.

    source: emmacooper

    (via emmacooper)