Shelia Pepe Collab - Part 2

Thanks to all of those who attended my talk on Sunday at Testsite. The above video is of us as we knit and made objects from the installation. You can see me embroidering on the knitting I did about two minutes in. It was really interesting to see the web of Sheila's work further dismantled and re-incarnated into other objects. I couldn't help doing more knitting myself after last Sunday and made this necklace:



I think I'm going to add clear sequins to it here and there...Grateful appreciation to Shelia Pepe and the folks at Testsite for inviting me to speak and participate.

Fiber Arctic - Group Show

The Fiber Arctic Show opens this Friday, June 12th at Schmancy in Seattle. I just completed the above work for the show, called "Ice Princess". You can see the progress of my work on Flickr. There's also a related interview with me on Plush You.

Shela Pepe Collab / Jenny Hart Talk: Testsite

Why do I have a craft project on Embroidery As Art? Well, this wristlet is the result of a collaboration with Brooklyn-based artist Shelia Pepe who currently has work on display at Testsite with Elizabeth Dunbar. Shelia's crochet takes on enormous scale and creates a mind-blowing web of needlework. Shelia wants viewers of this show to participate by pulling apart the artwork (how often do you get to do that?) and making something functional from it. So, last Sunday during gallery hours, my dear friend Jessica Vitkus (author: Alternacrafts and creator of these hilarious Craft the Vote projects on Slate) and I hung out, knit (yes, I knit something -but I also embroidered on it!) and chatted under the helpful eye of Toby from Hill Country Weavers.

(image via Brooklyn Museum of Art)

Shelia and the curators at Testsite invited me to give a talk this coming Sunday at noon on the lessening divide between art and craft. Please come and take part in the discussion.

Jenny Hart discussion "Forming the Function: The Role of Functional Media As Art" @ Testsite, Austin, TX Sunday 6/14 1-2pm.