Fabric of the Forest

I am the spider who weaves the story of the wonder of the woods, which softly simulates the below ground transmission of knowledge among individual trees, up close and distant, within the unified forest. Soft yet strong tendrils of cotton make up the scene and represent the communications that trees may need to share with each other throughout their living and dying times.

Chunky hand-spun yarns are strung under tension among live trees, dead trees, and the mulchy floor of the forest. The viewer may perceive the suspended yarns as individual lines, or as parts of the whole fabric of the forest, depending on where they stand and whether they wish to pay attention.

About the Materials: Hand-Spun Cotton

The material that makes up every strung element is chunky natural-white cotton that has been hand-spun from waste cotton sliver from the industrial spinning facility at NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Spinning on a drop-spindle is a historical hand technique and is slow and intentionally paced in the face of the fast and machined spinning process of the lab it came from.  This material was saved from its path to the landfill.