365 Days of the Year200796 x 96 " (243.8 x 243.8 cm)Woven found paperGift of Edward V. Blanchard, Jr. and Leslie Tcheyan2021.18.10made from shredded and woven strips of junk mail, french fry containers, holiday cards, tickets
"quilt"1573608061Geri ForknerTextilesSweetwaterSweetwaterUnited StatesTennesseeTextilesAdam ReichSweetwaterWoven paper strips assembled by months. approx 96” x 70” strips vary in length The 2007 project is arranged by months and consists of paper that came into my life during the year. Many of the individual pieces are rewoven into themselves as a metaphor for all the invisible work we do in our daily lives. I used staples to help secure the strips during the weaving process. As the project unfolded, the staples came to mean security. The piercing nature of stapling became a metaphor for the price of security. Each piece was hand stitched using black thread reminiscent of doctors’ stitches. One rarely gets through life without some sort of scars, either physical or emotional.At the end of the year, I added a patina using pigment ground from the dirt dug at my farm. A machine-stitched grid was also added to represent the disregard we show for the earth when building on every conceivable location. Object information is a work in progress and
may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org20072007 2021 18 1 Woven paper strips assembled by months. approx 96” x 70” strips vary in length The 2007 project is arranged by months and consists of paper that came into my life during the year. Many of the individual pieces are rewoven into themselves as a metaphor for all the invisible work we do in our daily lives. I used staples to help secure the strips during the weaving process. As the project unfolded, the staples came to mean security. The piercing nature of stapling became a metaphor for the price of security. Each piece was hand stitched using black thread reminiscent of doctors’ stitches. One rarely gets through life without some sort of scars, either physical or emotional.At the end of the year, I added a patina using pigment ground from the dirt dug at my farm. A machine-stitched grid was also added to represent the disregard we show for the earth when building on every conceivable location. Object information is a work in progress and
may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the
American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org