Coming soon...

in new york, at Apt -- "girl, you fit my desCRIPtion"
and in chicago -- "damn baby, i bet you could KICK MY ASS!"
plus Bay Ridge -- "Bouncy, Bouncy, LOVE THAT RACK"

7th ave & Christopher

Park Slope

As a reaction to the truly unwelcome and inappropriate Cat Calls my females friends and I have been subjected to over the years, I have decided to take matters into my own knitting hands. I'd like the present my new series of grafknitty. These will soon go up at the site where the comment originated. If you're offended, try being on the receiving end of one of these.

WilliamsburgSunset Park

Introducing The Slow and Steady Studio

Fellow artist Megan Canning and I are currently working on a proposal for an embroidery artist collective. We have found some very promising talent here in New York and hope to secure a space in the coming months. For now, let me introduce to you:

Publicity

Check out some press featuring Sean and myself. I'm both relieved and flattered that we were portrayed in such a positive light by Artforum. In addition, here is a more general piece on the whole experience: New York Times.

Giant Knitting Experiment

I've got something exciting cooking up here, and it's going to be BIG! Got my giant knitting needles in the mail a few days ago and have been itching to try them out. Here is a preview of a new piece.

Fiber Arctic

For my Fiber Arctic piece I chose to focus on the narwhal, a whale that lives year-round in the Arctic. These particular whales are uniquely specialized Arctic predators and while populations seem stable, the narwhal has been deemed particularly vulnerable to climate change due to its narrow geographical range and specialized diet.

What drew me towards the creature specifically was its mysterious characteristics. Most people liken them to unicorns as mythical creatures, but they are, in fact, real and are in danger. The embroidery uses a fractured geometric pattern I sketched from a study of ice and water, and sets off the shape of the narwhal in negative space, suggesting, perhaps, that it may all too soon disappear.

Study for the Fiber Arctic, above.

Fiber Arctic

The show opens at Schmancy on June 12, 2009, curated by Kristen Rask of Plush You.

FIGMENT

Knitting for Montague Interview

In preparation for Fiber Arctic on June 12, 2009, curator Kristen Rask asked me a few questions about my past work and the Montague Street project. The interview in up now on her blog PlushYou!