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Seam/Seem; Exploring Material, Craft And Embodiment Through Textile Sculpture, Heather Baumbach
Seam/Seem; Exploring Material, Craft And Embodiment Through Textile Sculpture, Heather Baumbach
MFA in Visual Arts Theses
I will argue that transforming textile materials from their origin as planate fiber, and manipulating shape and form through the employment of traditional craft techniques creates soft sculptures imbued with references to the human body. By highlighting the connections between the poetics of textiles and those of skin and the body, I examine themes of feminism, domesticity and labor encouraging speculation about intimacy, fragility, and embodiment.