This is something I've been working on for The Cork Harbour Project, an international research-based residency which I participated in at Sirius Arts Center in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland.
I used a process known as shifu to spin pages of an Irish-English dictionary into lengths of yarn. The yarn pours out of the book, becoming like a warp for weaving. In weaving the warp is the long vertical threads which the weft is woven over and under.
My roommate said it looks "biblical". I like her observation; it reminded me of a passage from author Diane Ackerman, that..."the sky starts from the ground up. You are constantly walking in sky."
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