Add to ORKGKnitting shapes have long been defined by the human form. By moving the context of knitting from clothing geometry to sculpture, knitting becomes a medium with a link to a rich and complex fiber tradition that has the power of history behind it. Aspiring to dissolve the boundaries between craft, art and politics, I knit to rejoin the frayed and unraveled places I see around me. As I work, I am responding viscerally to the constant assault of the unsettling news that pours out of the radio in my studio. To protest recent wars, I have often worked with body and flag imagery. My most recent work A House Divided responds to the national political logjam and was knit in summer of 2011. This is a disassembled and knotted flag, an image of which I...
This article examines the resurgence of knitting as a popular hobby for women in North America and t...
ARTivention is a collective that utilizes fiber art techniques to engage the public about social, po...
Robins’ ‘The perfect’ is an illustrated chapter in the book, In the Loop: Knitting Now, edited by Dr...
Knitting shapes have long been defined by the human form. By moving the context of knitting from clo...
Primarily a feminine duty or pastime, knitting has a deliciously rich history of political subversio...
This paper explores the effect of yarn-bombing on the cultural value of knitting. While it has been ...
Knitting is ubiquitous, an unremarkable part of everyday life that tends to fade into the historical...
Despite, or perhaps because of its familiar role in society, knitting has often been considered as ...
Knitting is a common and long-established craft practice. Despite the expressive potential inherent ...
Subversion is at the heart of my knitting practice but how can the stereotypical image of the knitte...
Contemporary knitting over the past decade has experienced a recent resurgence in cultural interest ...
The contemporary interest in knitting and more broadly in all types of making has gained noticeable ...
Knitting graffiti is a form of street art rapidly expanded and gained popularity around the globe. Y...
Small hand-knitted little cozies appear in my local neighborhood; overgrown weeds in an urban commun...
Many theoretical writings on aesthetics and politics rely on hard distinctions between what is and i...
This article examines the resurgence of knitting as a popular hobby for women in North America and t...
ARTivention is a collective that utilizes fiber art techniques to engage the public about social, po...
Robins’ ‘The perfect’ is an illustrated chapter in the book, In the Loop: Knitting Now, edited by Dr...
Knitting shapes have long been defined by the human form. By moving the context of knitting from clo...
Primarily a feminine duty or pastime, knitting has a deliciously rich history of political subversio...
This paper explores the effect of yarn-bombing on the cultural value of knitting. While it has been ...
Knitting is ubiquitous, an unremarkable part of everyday life that tends to fade into the historical...
Despite, or perhaps because of its familiar role in society, knitting has often been considered as ...
Knitting is a common and long-established craft practice. Despite the expressive potential inherent ...
Subversion is at the heart of my knitting practice but how can the stereotypical image of the knitte...
Contemporary knitting over the past decade has experienced a recent resurgence in cultural interest ...
The contemporary interest in knitting and more broadly in all types of making has gained noticeable ...
Knitting graffiti is a form of street art rapidly expanded and gained popularity around the globe. Y...
Small hand-knitted little cozies appear in my local neighborhood; overgrown weeds in an urban commun...
Many theoretical writings on aesthetics and politics rely on hard distinctions between what is and i...
This article examines the resurgence of knitting as a popular hobby for women in North America and t...
ARTivention is a collective that utilizes fiber art techniques to engage the public about social, po...
Robins’ ‘The perfect’ is an illustrated chapter in the book, In the Loop: Knitting Now, edited by Dr...