American Tapestry Biennial 13
- June 18, 2021 - September 12, 2021
- Exhibition
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- Artwork
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- Artists
On Site Exhibition
Breaking Apart
- Wool warp and indigo dyed singles wool weft
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45 x 30 in
(114.3 x 76.2 cm)
- Janette Gross
Wedge Weave with card woven edge. The rapid loss of earth’s glaciers and icebergs caused by global warming has been constantly on my mind. Recently Iceland held a funeral for the loss their Okjokull glacier. What a sad and poignant way to highlight the seriousness of the problem. A good friend and weaving mentor advised that one should "listen to the cloth." This wedge weave took me on a particularly interesting journey. These faces or masks were not planned. They emerged from the weaving as if a haunting message was being sent from ice to humans. Look how you are breaking us apart.