Emma Lofland
Hand painted, stitched and beaded, cotton.
18" x 36"
Detail
Design created digitally and then lines transferred to fabric for hand-painting.
After design is hand-painted, hand-stitching and beads are added.
Inspiration. Turkish textile design.
Kai Glinski
Designed on computer, digitally printed on cotton, hand stitch on digital print.
18" x 36"
Detail.
Digital Sketch #1
Digital Sketch #2
Digital Sketch #3
Digital Sketch #4
Inspiration #1, Floor Tile
Inspiration #2, Floor Tile
Inspiration #3, Floor Tile
Gen Glinski
Hand painted on cotton with stitched beads.
18" x 36"
Detail of beads stitched to hand-painted surface.
Sketches on graph paper.
Sketches on graph paper.
Final Sketch. Paint on graph paper.
Final design transferred to fabric.
Hannah Tremblay
Design created with Procreate and Adobe Illustrator.
Digital print on recycled canvas.
36" x 52"
Detail.
Carrington Boyd
Watercolor on paper, scanned, digital print on sateen.
36" x 52"
Detail
Watercolor sketches.
Sketches are scanned into computer.
Digital sketch #1.
Digital Sketch #2.
Digital Sketch #3.
Inspiration: Mold
Shauna Gentile
Crochet
18" x 36"
Detail
In-process.
Elizabeth Scott
Silk dyed with processed indigo, stamp print with silk paint.
Inspired by Native American symbols.
36" x 36"
Detail
Lixin Wang
Designed on computer, printed on 100% pure silk.
36" x 18"
Detail
I did some research on brain nerves after stumbling upon the fact that the desire to self-harm and the desire to participate in extreme sports are very similar for self-harmers. Although there is no clear evidence that there is necessarily a link between the two, a very large proportion of people believe that self-harm can raise levels of a hormone in the brain called endorphins, bringing a degree of comfort, and that exercise is bringing the same effect. I have come to the conclusion that self-harm can be an act of protection for the mind, and that in essence, there is probably no difference between what self-harmers want from self-harm and what people want from exercise.
I believe that in this age of high speed, everyone needs a space where we can hide away for a short while.
This space corresponds to a way of releasing stress, which can be various, but I would encourage people to find a way of doing so that does not put them in harm's way.
I relate the act of seeking pleasure to the silkworm's journey from spitting, to cocooning, molting, to breaking out of the cocoon. The silkworm spits out its silk threads to create a cocoon for itself in order to create a safe space for itself to grow. The silkworm chrysalis is a space where I visualize it as a space that one needs, a space for healing.
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