1997-1999
During my undergraduate years in the Fiber Department at The University of the Arts, I found myself attracted to hobby craft materials for all the derogatory crafts associations they carry. Implications of “fine craft” out of hobby craft materials were at once a bratty jab at serious craft based work being made in a reputable Crafts department and the freedom I felt from being in a Fibers program that was free of the need to conform to such direction. The Fiber Department at Uarts encouraged material exploration first. What happens when low-brow art materials are handled with serious care? The craftsmanship of these objects was as much a part of the discussion as the material and the underlying message of the form.
