Skins and Skeletons Workshops
3D textile constructions
In this experimental workshop, participants will learn methods for building skeletal structures with rigid and semi-rigid materials like rattan, bamboo, wood and wire. Techniques will include lashing techniques, chaotic plaiting, and wire construction. To build skins onto these structures we will work with gut, rice papers, knotted and knotless netting. Coatings like paintable graphite, shellac and kakishibu tannin will further modify surfaces.
Participants will produce a series of experimental samples that will become prototypes for future studio work. Slide presentations will provide inspiration and background on artists, designers and architects who build with a skin and skeleton approach. Please follow the links, below, for specific descriptions of each workshop.
All levels welcome.
Textile Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 29 - June 2, 2025
National Basketry Organization Conference
Tacoma, Washington
July 22 - 26, 2025
Snow Farm
Williamsburg, Massachusetts
August 3 - 8, 2025
Exhibitions
Chazan Gallery
solo show
Providence, Rhode Island
November 21 - December 17, 2024
Reception: Thurs. Nov. 21, 5 - 8 pm. — Gallery Night Providence
Elemental
group show of 12 member artists of Boston Sculptors Gallery
Greenwich, Connecticut
May 8 - June 18, 2025
Reception: Thurs. May 8, 6 - 8 pm
News
Triss McCall’s review of the exhibition, “Uncontained: Reimagining Basketry” in NJArts.net:
Substack story by Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe Arts writer,
about my show, Water Spirits at Boston Sculptors Gallery, May 2025.
Tour of my show, Water Spirits, at Boston Sculptors Gallery, May 2024. 3 minutes.
Mo talks about her artwork in video, produced in conjunction with Fiber 2020 exhibition at Silvermine Gallery.
My Planet