A Magenta Echo
Solo exhibition at Esvelt Gallery at the Columbia Basin College in Pasco, WA

A Magenta Echo is an examination of form, of place, of tapestry. By using digital jacquard weaving, a medium that balances handwork and computer programming, artist Allyce Wood draws together heritage textile techniques with her own language of aesthetics. 

Through the use of digital and handmade processes, artist Allyce Wood makes textiles with a focus on digital Jacquard tapestries. To her, the loom acts as a mediator between traditional and computerized technologies, offering a way to combine online and offline experiences into images in cotton and wool. As a collector of technologies and threads, Wood weaves with deep consideration for her materials and the generations of weavers who came before and will come after. ‘A Magenta Echo’ showcases tapestries that demonstrate her passion for systems and information-sharing–these being cornerstones of the weaving community as well as person-to-person connections.

This exhibition brims with lush textures, hand-dyed yarns, and evocative images. Flowers, water systems, and ribbons are woven within the structures of her cloth to represent the intricacy of connection and the flowing ways we bond with one another over time. The intrinsic warmth of these pieces contributes to a sense of familiarity and optimism.