Newspaper (knitted and stitched)
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- "Yarn" 2009, wound newspaper, yarn balls range in size from 6" - 3' in diameter
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- "Yarn" 2009, wound newspaper, yarn balls range in size from 6" - 3' in diameter
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- "Newspaper Blanket" 2008-present, wound newspaper, knitting needles, installation size undefined
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- "Newspaper Blanket" 2008-present, wound newspaper, knitting needles, installation size undefined
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- "Newspaper Blanke"t 2008-present, wound newspaper, knitting needles, the blanket is currently 5' x 4'
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- "Newspaper Blanket" detail, wound newspaper, knitting needles
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- "Information, Technology" 2009, newspaper, embroidery thread, portable dvd player displays a looping video/audio of static, 3' high with a 2'x3' screen
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- "Information, Technology" detail 2009, newspaper, embroidery thread, portable dvd player displays a looping video/audio of static, 3' high with a 2'x3' screen
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- "Information, Technology" detail 2009, newspaper, embroidery thread, portable dvd player displays a looping video/audio of static, 3' high with a 2'x3' screen
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- "Yellow Wallpaper" 2009, newspaper, embroidery thread, 3'x5'
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- "Yellow Wallpaper" detail 2009, newspaper, embroidery thread, 3'x5'
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- "Yellow Wallpaper" detail 2009, newspaper, embroidery thread, 3'x5'
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- "First Quarter," newspaper, embroidery thread, raw canvas, Life magazines, 5'x6'
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- "First Quarter," newspaper, embroidery thread, raw canvas, Life magazines, 5'x6'
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- "First Quarter," newspaper, embroidery thread, raw canvas, Life magazines, 5'x6'
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- pages from The Wall Street Journal fall 2010, raw canvas, cotton thread, gold embroidery thread, life magazine cutouts
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- "The Diving Bell" Work in progress at Callico Gallery, Brooklyn NY
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- "The Diving Bell" knitted newspaper media installation at Calico Gallery, Brooklyn NY
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- "The Diving Bell" knitted newspaper installation at Northside Art Festival
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- "The Diving Bell" knitted newspaper installation at Northside Art Festival
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- "The Diving Bell" knitted newspaper installation at Northside Art Festival
My father is a journalist. Some of my earliest memories are from visiting his office and watching the printing press. In 2007, his newspaper overhauled from print to digital and I began to knit with and sew into newspapers.
To create newspaper yarn, I tear off strips of newspaper.Disassembling columns of ink on paper. I wind and twist these strips into strands of yarn. With news being delivered through digital modalities 24/7, it becomes impossible to genuinely reflect on it all. Ropes of newspaper and the balls of yarn are, to me, a visual analogy of this process of consuming, disassembling, and storing so much information.
Unlike newspapers, the Internet has no physical presence. Online news articles, videos, and blogs exist as electronic signals passed from one computer to the next. What is the form, and what is the significance?