My textiles speak about obsolescence, and the relationship between computers and weaving. Jacquard Looms being one of the first computers, which were programmed and automated using punch cards.
My work is designed using vintage software for early personal computers, and uses traditional weaving patterns, and Jacquard weaving patterns from the 1800’s.
Jacquard patterns can be viewed as some of the earliest images stored as data, postulating a pre-mainframe computer art that was saved as data on punched cards. My work also makes connections between these punched card weaving patterns, and paint palette patterns found in vintage paint software. I weave my work with a combination of two hand operated Jacquard looms - an AVL Jacquard loom and a TC1.
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Ultra-Czak 1
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
Mercerized Cotton.
26 1/4 x 30.5 inches
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Ultra-Czak 2
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
Mercerized Cotton.
18.5 x 19.5 inches
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Raster Bar Cube 1
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
19x19 inches. Mercerized Cotton. -
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Dither Vortex 1
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
Mercerized Cotton.
16 1/4 x 20.5 inches
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Paint Box
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
Mercerized Cotton.
17 1/4 x 19.5 inches
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System 6.2
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
Mercerized Cotton.
15.5 x 16.5 inches
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Ultrapaint 2
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
Mercerized Cotton.
22 3/4 x 19 inches
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Raster Bar Cube 3
Hand operated Jacquard weaving. Mercerized Cotton.
18 3/4 x 28.5 inches
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Satin Dither
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
Mercerized Cotton.
25 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches
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Cube Village 2
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
Mercerized Cotton.28 3/4 x 23.5 inches
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Screen City 3
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
Mercerized Cotton.28 1/4 x 27.5 inches
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Ultrapaint
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
Mercerized Cotton.28 1/4 x 29 inches
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RGB 1
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
Mercerized Cotton.
16 1/4 x 20.5 inches
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Raster Bar Cube 2
Hand operated Jacquard weaving.
19x19 inches. Mercerized Cotton. -
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Screen City 1, 2021
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