kozo paper sculptures, 2022-24
Through sculptural works on paper, I connect text and textile using handwriting, drawing, and handspinning. Each of these practices share the term drafting to refer to pulling (as in fiber), preparing (a text), planning (as in drafting blueprints), and (re)working material. I’m interested in how all of these uses of drafting refer to the potential for change and situate thinking in the hands.
Spinster as a term for an unmarried woman came from the fact that she would support herself economically through spinning. I wonder about the queer side of spinning: how many spinsters were queer women? The process of drafting implies revision, or re-vision, in the sense of looking again – at history, at women’s work, at queer women, and at a culture that regards textiles as disposable.