August 15 - October 5
Artist Reception: August 15th 6pm-9pm

Truist Gallery
120 Morris St, Durham

This fiber and textile based art show aims to explore how local Raleigh/Durham female artists create a sense of place and space for themselves in their artistic practice, particularly focusing on art forms traditionally associated with "homemaking" such as textiles and quilting. The show aims to challenge the distinctions between craft and art and to showcase the transformative potential of these art forms.

The art of weaving is considered one of the oldest technologies in the world, and the fundamentals have changed very little in that time. Each item I sell is constructed entirely by me, and begins its journey as loose thread eventually transformed into whole cloth. Every strand of yarn is carefully threaded into the loom, and every inch of fabric is created by building one thread on the next, interweaving them to create intricate patterns. I love weaving precisely because of how tactile it is, and how much time I get to spend touching the yarn and enjoying the colors. Because of this, every textile I weave is a pleasure to touch and look at, and is a unique creation that represents hours of a labor of love, years of study and practice, and centuries of culture and technology.