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

 

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/

 

Stephanie Metz, Artist

Much more to see on artist website. Link below. 

https://www.stephaniemetz.com/about