what we're working on at warp weft woof...

Sampling "Tulips",

sampling "Tin Foil",

and more samples.

yours truly,
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Mike Andrews

Sampresoni, 2009 3ft x 5ft

the artist at work

Mike Andrews, one of our teachers at SAIC, has returned from a recent residency in Seoul. Before leaving for Korea Mike mentioned a new series of tapestries he would be working on during his stay, he describe them to me as "Sheila Hicks on acid." With out seeing the work I immediately got it.

Sheila Hicks is a fiber artist known for both her large scale fiber installations, popularized during the 1960's-70's fiber movements, as well as her small notebook size tapestries. Hicks would carry a small tapestry frame in her bag; essentially a sketchbook allowing her to immediately document and process new techniques, ideas, colors, and fibers that she came into contact with during her travels. Andrews approached his tapestries in a similar manner. The titles of his tapestries such as MIA wears Anna Sui for Patagonia, Black Cherry, DJ Dubu, and Proto-Redvine bring to mind a psychedelic image of Sheila and Mike getting their weave on while listening to K-Pop and I think there was a lot of candy and kimchi in the mix.

communicating with matter

3+3+1

As a teenager I thought it was cool to wear a rosary around my neck. Now that I've found the even more appropriate Jewish rosary I'm considering introducing it back into my steez.

2010 Calendars by Paperstore

Available at Golden Age in Chicago and online at Paperstore

Waldkindergarten

Forest Kindergartens

Bettina Allamoda

drawing chair from "Collection Rustical (Forest Furniture)" '85/'86ish
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