Hannah Marie Quigg
My plan was originally to beautify a space that was by no means at all beautiful - the courtyard between my house and the one next door. This was once a peaceful loitering spot where one would enjoy the sunshine and good company, but the past couple of years have been hard on it (too much partying and not enough maintenance), and it’s pretty gross now. the gravel is littered with cigarette butts and garbage, and beer cans frequently litter the area.
I hoped to create a consuming art peace that would not only make the space a little more pleasing to the eye, but also to effectively render the area useless. The courtyard is very popular because of it’s convenience and novelty factor… but what if it was completely obscured.
I felt I was for the most part successful in my endeavor. While my material choices changed throughout my process, I was pleased with the final project and felt that I achieved my goal. In addition to making this courtyard something I could find bearable, I also inadvertently provided a habitat for the local spiders, who made their own additions to the piece.
Kelsey Jacobsen
For my loom project, I wanted to create a loom that dealt with the idea of boundaries. I was really interested n the idea of natural barriers versus man made barriers and the idea of a barrier or boundary being camouflaged or not an obvious exposed feature. The question that arises from this exploration is whether natural barriers are more effective boundaries than man made boundaries.
I explored this issue by creating a loom across the entrance to my grandmothers house. Her home is located in the country and is hidden from the main road by overhanging trees and bushes. I made a loom that stretched across the driveway to her property and camouflaged the entrance even more from the road by weaving branches and leaves into the loom from the existing surrounding forested area
Becci Swanson
The Loom I created was done with fake hair and a collection of odd hair items. Th though it was interesting because I have long hair, and all of these hair items I would never use. During the process, I had a hard time with the hair becoming knotted while weaving. I tried to stick to a pattern with weavingin straight hair strands, and then braided strands. Between the sections I used ribbon and rubber bands. I knew early on my loom was going to have an awkward shape, so I knotted the hair and then switched the direction of the weave pattern. Working in the bathroom was helpful; I thought it would be difficult. However I was able to use the tub as a step stool, and that helped with the weave.
Erin Howe
06/02/10
Written Statement for Punk Rock Loom Project
My project focused on the site of one of the Northwest’s largest music festivals, Sasquatch, which is located in the Columbia Gorge. It consists of thousands of people camping and watching music over a three-day period. For my loom, I chose to construct on to people as well as objects associated with camping and festivals. My goal was to create a basic structure and line as well as use bright and simple colors to make weaving a communal and participatory experience. The use of bright colors and simplistic structure was also meant to emphasize the playfulness of music festivals. I wove on to strangers as well as friends, and had a few of my campground mates help me weave one of the pieces. I also unwound each structure to reuse the yarn, which relates to the limited resources available in both camping and remote locations. I also wanted to create several weavings in different spaces and representations of the festival. Ideas that I had when creating the looms was the temporary nature of such festivals, the construction and deconstruction of spaces, and the communal properties that weaving can have.
Nathan
Eshleman
Rock and roll loom
I am a dreamer, I can be anywhere in the world doing anything, no matter what the situation I am dreaming of other places, ideas I have, things I need to do, my mind is always wandering, I am rarely bored. Using the paddle in this loom is a reminder of the things I love and constantly dream about. The paddle reminds me of floating down any number of rivers I have grown to know and love. I chose to mimic the landscape of the farm because this is the one thing that more than often stands in the way of a trip down the river. The farm doesn’t keep me away from the river rather it gives me a place to dream about what could be it is a quiet place a place to think and dream so I do.
Joel Terry
Punk Rock Loom
This project was site specific and so I chose my body as the site. In doing so I arranged my loom to fit between my wrist and my waist, creating a webbing between them. The warp and the weft are both copper wire, the warp being thick and the weft being fine copper wire. The woven structure is created from the negative space between my arm and waist to being a free standing positive structure of its own. I am interested in negative space transitioning into positive space and its relations to the body. My material choice is copper, a metal used in circuitry and industry, contradictory to the body as an organic biological creature. The copper served as a coating or addition for short time to my body in the process of this project making me feel bionic as I was hindered in my movements throughout the process of weaving. After I removed the loom from my body I felt free from the copper, yet for a short time retained a memory of its presence.
