Weaving Beyond the Binary
Session 3 | July 13–25
For Félix (can’t get you out of my head) by John Paul Morabito, 2023. Linen, wool, gold leaf thread, and glass beads, 92" x 47". Photo by Tim Safranek.
This workshop will engage methodologies for open-ended improvisational weaving. Fostering a cooperative understanding that our tools and materials have agency, improvisational loom-thinking opens pathways of possibility that respond to the tectonic grid of the loom. Participants will be encouraged to follow their curiosities and ask questions that lead to unexpected places. Possibilities for this open inquiry may include yarn dye processes, warp painting, multi-cloth, drafting, and tapestry, among others. Rather than presenting a singular way of working, participants will develop intimacy with the loom, and in so doing, find their own means of weaving beyond the binary. Some floor loom weaving experience is recommended. All levels welcome.
John Paul Morabito (they/them) is Assistant Professor and Head of Textiles at Kent State University School of Art. Their flamboyant tapestries channel splendor, sensuality, sacrality, metaphor, mourning, and protest into glittering abstractions that reach for the promise of queer futurity. They have exhibited internationally with their work being represented in public collections including the North Carolina Museum of Art, among others. Morabito is a 2024 United States Artists Fellow, and is represented by Patricia Sweetow Gallery in Los Angeles, CA.