Social Fabric

2012 - Halifax, NS Canada & Stellenbosch, South Africa

Hand-Woven Jacquard Cloth; Cotton Warp & Merino Wool Weft

Anna Leonowens Gallery & Slee Gallery

Social Fabric is a body of work that depicts the excessive overshare culture of Facebook and other social media platforms using handwoven Jacquard cloth.
Significantly, the Jacquard loom played an important role in the development of the modern day computer and automation through its innovative use of punch card technology.
The process to create one textile is both time consuming and labour intensive, elevating fast-food digital party images to a format reminiscent of tapestries from the Renaissance.

Party of Strangers
2012

Hand-Woven Jacquard Cloth; Cotton Warp & Merino Wool Weft
8’8” x 3’3” (264 x 99 cm)

Party of Strangers - Detail
2012

Hand-Woven Jacquard Cloth; Cotton Warp & Merino Wool Weft
8’8” x 3’3” (264 x 99 cm)

lil’ country boy <3
2013

Hand-Woven Jacquard Cloth; Cotton Warp & Merino Wool Weft
5’1” x 6’6” (155 x 200 cm)

lil’ country boy <3 - Detail
2013

Hand-Woven Jacquard Cloth; Cotton Warp & Merino Wool Weft
5’1” x 6’6” (155 x 200 cm)

hebba & camille?
2012

Hand-Woven Jacquard Cloth; Cotton Warp & Merino Wool Weft
9’3” x 3’3” (282 x 99 cm)

Social Fabric - Installation View at Anna Leonowens Gallery
2013

Hand-Woven Jacquard Cloth; Cotton Warp & Merino Wool Weft
Dimensions Variable

Comment Thread 0010
2012

Hand-Woven Jacquard Cloth; Cotton Warp & Merino Wool Weft
1’6” x 10’3” (46 x 312 cm)

Comment Thread 0010 - Detail
2012

Hand-Woven Jacquard Cloth; Cotton Warp & Merino Wool Weft
1’6” x 10’3” (46 x 312 cm)

Profile Pictures 2 of 53 & 3 of 53
2013

Hand-Woven Jacquard Cloth; Cotton Warp & Merino Wool Weft
2’8” x 3’3” (81 x 99 cm) each