Semi Set Vertical Blue
Semi Set Vertical Blue, digital Jacquard tapestry in cotton and wool blend, installed on a plywood platform with nylon rope, clamps, plastic rod, 6m x 2m x 1mm, 2017
Shown at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History 2017 - 2018
Semi Set Vertical Blue is a six-meter long tapestry inspired by the infinite capacity of the internet. Like building a website, weaving a tapestry allows the designer freedom to continue an image or idea beyond the limits of a page.
Generic photographs of items like coils, chicken eggs, and golden rings were sourced online, then simplified and arranged like clip-art, stamped across the surface, and layered amongst original drawings. After compiling these new icons into a single design, I worked with an industrial textile factory in western Norway to weave the final work on a digital Jacquard loom. Through this process, I was able to create a visible connection between machine-made and hand-made histories.
Semi Set Vertical Blue was first shown as part of the MOAN group exhibition at Khio, 2017
Semi Set Vertical Blue was shown as part of And so it goes group exhibition at The En, Seattle in 2022