Cat Mailloux, Artist

Give me your hand, sister | Portmanteau Project Space | Dayton, OH

Exhibition Statement

The phrase give me your hand, sister implies a hand reaching for help, or a hand offering care, a gesture that goes both ways. These works were made in with and for my three sisters: plaster casts of their shoulders and felted coats. My sisters and I made the felt together. Felting requires rubbing and compressing loose wool fibers together with soap and water to create a sturdy textile that has no clear warp or weft and is very hard to tear. I eventually made the felt into coats for each of my three sisters. The essay Tears/Tears was written in collaboration with my sister Lindsay Mailloux, reflecting on the homonym tears.

More to see on artist website:

https://www.catmailloux.com/give-me-your-hand-sister

 

Astri Snodgrass, Artist

Underwater Orchestra

Mercerized cotton embroidery floss, 9 x 8.5 in

Deadheading

• Mercerized cotton embroidery floss and glass beads
• 10 x 9.5 in

Token

• Cotton crochet thread and glass beads, 5.5 x 5.25 in

Gumline

• Mercerized cotton embroidery floss, 7 x 6.25 in

Artist Website

https://astrisnodgrass.com/work/was-once-ox

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/astrijohanna/

 

Sandy Delissovoy, Artist

Long Walks with Ephemeral Indigo Interventions, 

California and Virginia, 2022 - 23

Link below to watch video:

https://sandydelissovoy.com/Long-Walks-with-Ephemeral-Indigo-Interventions-California-and-Virginia

 

Artist Website

https://sandydelissovoy.com/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/sandydelissovoy/?hl=en

Morgan Rose Free, Artist

cotton, embroidery floss, grommets

2020

2023

Artist Website

https://morganrosefree.com/

Follow on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/morganrosefree/?hl=en

Part of Western Pole Project

https://westernpole.tumblr.com/

 

Judith Scott, Artist, American, b.1943, d. 2005

The work of Judith Scott involves the careful and obsessive wrapping of various and often unidentifiable objects in yarn, twine, cord, and fabric. They are human in scale—the smallest are easily hand-held, while the largest are the size of a person. Together they are a showcase of color, texture, and form, instilling new life in the otherwise negligible items she chose to work with. Scott devoted the last eighteen years of her life to the production of these sculptures, working six to eight hours a day on them. This work in its own right is sufficiently compelling to invite attention, but considering that these objects were produced in such an obsessive manner serves as further cause to dwell on her work.  The human story behind her art gives pause, and strengthens the relational connection between the work and its audience.

Above images and text from cordella.org. Link below. 

https://www.cordella.org/judithscott

Additional info:

https://www.textileartist.org/textile-artist-judith-scott-uncovering-innate-talent/

 

Caroline Harrius, Artist

More to see. Links below. 

https://www.textileartist.org/caroline-harrius-firing-clay-the-textile-way/

https://carolineharrius.com/

 

Tileke Schwarz, Artist

More to see. Source links below. 

https://www.textileartist.org/textile-artist-tilleke-schwarz/

https://www.textileartist.org/tilleke-schwarz-for-the-love-of-threads/

 

Cayce Zavaglia, Artist

More to see on artist website. 

https://www.caycezavaglia.com/

 

Jordan Assar, Artist

Jordan Nassar’s favored subject is landscape. He embroiders his compositions, which are framed by, and built up through, repeating patterns adapted from traditional Palestinian motifs. At first glance his scenes seem innocuous enough. They comprise rolling hills, rendered sometimes in vibrant shades of red, while other times in more muted grays and browns. These hills are framed by a dramatically hued sky: oftentimes blue, as we might expect, while in other works it is pink or orange. In these the effect is of distant peaks dappled by the rays of a setting late summer sun. This idyll, which initially seems like an abstract anywhere, turns out to be imaginary, yet specific. The artist is of Palestinian descent, but was born and raised in New York City. Extending from this, his work evokes a very particular kind of imagined space: the sort of utopian vision of Palestine held by the displaced constituents that comprise the region’s diaspora.

More to see on artist website. 

https://www.jordannassar.com/

 

Elsa Hansen, Artist

Detail of larger piece. 

More to see on artist website. 

https://www.elsahansen.com/

 

Elaine Reichek, Artist

Trained as a painter, Reichek first began using thread in her canvases as a way of drawing. “I wasn’t conscious of this as embroidery until I saw what I had been making,” she says. Since the 1970s, she has been dismantling the barriers between craft forms and high art, allowing them to cross-pollinate, with conceptually rich results. The artist uses digital embroidery, beading, tapestry, and other techniques, often quoting images directly from art history and texts from both literature and documentary sources.

Source is Artsy:

https://www.artsy.net/artist/elaine-reichek

 

Richard Saja, Artist

Source link below. 

More to see. 

https://www.irenebrination.com/irenebrination_notes_on_a/2013/03/historically-inaccurate-richard-saja.html

 

Joan Steiner, Artist, American, b. 1943, d. 2010,

Go to link below to watch video

https://www.pbs.org/video/julie-schafler-dale-joan-steiner-yohq5y/r

 

Bisa Butler, Artist

Artist Website

https://www.bisabutler.com/

 

Liam Lee, Artist

Liam Lee’s fine-tuned creative dexterity belies his young age. The New York-based designer debuts an ongoing series of one-of-a-kind woolen throws rich in visuals that evoke microscopy and Ukiyo-e prints, achieved through a meticulous weaving and hand-felting process. 

Read and see more in source link: https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/liam-lee-designer-day/

Read and see more in source link: 

https://design-milk.com/the-work-of-liam-lee-explores-the-line-between-man-made-nature/

Image source:

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/meet-the-new-york-based-artist-crafting-curious-microbe-inspired-forms-out-of-wool

 

Mei Mei, Artist

Back from Extinction

Needle felted wool and modelled clay cast in resin, hand painted by Mei Mei (2022).

Sculpture size: 21 x 14 x 21 cm (8.3" x 5.5" x 8.3")

https://beinart.org/collections/daydream/products/mei-mei-back-from-extinction-needle-felted-wool-and-modelled-clay-cast-in-resin-hand-painted?fbclid=PAAaYnveaYM2NGhhuyiek2Kwl3ESSIw1FFwEtI-ZrfWFaisTjmIlfOQytTqqg

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/meimeilab/

 

Mika Hirasa, Artist

Applique and Embroidery

Illustration artist Mika Hirasa. Combining a collection of antique cloths with decorative embroidery, Mika Hirasa creates playful characters and stories in her art work. Much of her art work is commissioned for advertising and magazines and book covers. Talking about her art, Mika Hirasa states that her 'fabric art gives off a warmth that can only be felt from hand-made works'. -http://www.feelingstitchy.com/2017/10/stitchy-snippets-applique-art.html

 Artist Website:

https://www.e-micao.com/

Natalie Baxter, Artist

Above image source:

https://www.artsy.net/artist/natalie-baxter

More to see on artist website:

https://www.nataliebaxter.com/