paper
2024
Dimensions variable, each figure ~3’ tall
Milled, machined, steam bent, and finished poplar, scoured, mordanted, and dyed linen and raffia,
Lashed and cinched, tall grass lawn clippings from Norfolk, Connecticut, Indigo and weld
Netted, plaited, and wound jute holding paper mulberry bark from my backyard in Richmond, Virginia, milled, turned and finished poplar, various textile tools from needles to shuttles
Found, drilled, sawn, dyed and rejoined stick from Norfolk, Connecticut, cleaned fleece from a goat named george.
As an object maker I struggle with the double consciousness of knowing I am a craftsperson, but the world interprets my work as sculpture. Starting from the action of piercing, I asked my material what the craft intervention is instead of the sculptural intervention. The resulting figures are a tool for retting ( breaking down) mulberry fiber, a hanger for a broom, and an attempt at arboreal necromancy.
photo jacob by jacob wall
2024
18” x 20”
Cyanotype and van dyke brown photograph of lawn clippings on cotton paper
Scan by the artist