http://www.marybabcock.com Mary Babcock Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:05:47 +0000 http://www.marybabcock.com en http://www.marybabcock.com/Epitaph http://www.marybabcock.com/following/marybabcock.com/Epitaph Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:05:47 +0000 Mary Babcock 620121 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620121/epitaph1.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620121/epitaph1_o.jpg" data-mid="3053907" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620121/epitaph2.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620121/epitaph2_o.jpg" data-mid="3053908" border="0" align="left"/> Created in response to the US invasion on Iraq. TheWedge Gallery, Asheville, NC, 2003 http://www.marybabcock.com/Tattered-Cultures-Mended-Histories http://www.marybabcock.com/following/marybabcock.com/Tattered-Cultures-Mended-Histories Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:38:03 +0000 Mary Babcock 620138 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered1.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered1_o.jpg" data-mid="3152102" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered2.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered2_o.jpg" data-mid="3152103" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered3.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered3_o.jpg" data-mid="3152104" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered4.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered4_o.jpg" data-mid="3152105" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered5.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered5_o.jpg" data-mid="3152106" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered6.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered6_o.jpg" data-mid="3152107" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered7.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered7_o.jpg" data-mid="3152108" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered8.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered8_o.jpg" data-mid="3152110" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered9.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620138/tattered9_o.jpg" data-mid="3152111" border="0" align="left"/> Academy Art Center, Honolulu, HI, in conjunction with the Textile Society of Americaʼs 2008 International Symposium A curatorial project exploring contemporary fiber a vehicle for articulating and “mending” cultural narratives dismissed by dominant ideologies. With the generous design support of Scott Groeniger and Kirsten Simonsen, and a group of local textile artists, we produced and distributed over 300 CD catalogues in hand-made jackets. Download catalogue here. http://www.marybabcock.com/Drift http://www.marybabcock.com/following/marybabcock.com/Drift Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:35:44 +0000 Mary Babcock 620131 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620131/drift1.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620131/drift1_o.jpg" data-mid="3151988" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620131/drift2.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620131/drift2_o.jpg" data-mid="3151990" border="0" align="left"/> Dried and handstitched “By the Wind Sailor” jellyfish (Velella velella), invisible thread. 2008 Velella velella travel together as large communities on the open sea, occasionally gracing ocean shores. Orientation of their “sails” determines their destination. We too, float through life as interconnected clusters of communities, our ultimate direction modified by both known and imperceptible variables in our greater environment. http://www.marybabcock.com/Meditations-on-Loss http://www.marybabcock.com/following/marybabcock.com/Meditations-on-Loss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:35:42 +0000 Mary Babcock 620132 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620132/meditations1.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620132/meditations1_o.jpg" data-mid="3152012" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620132/meditations2.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620132/meditations2_o.jpg" data-mid="3152013" border="0" align="left"/> Silk, steel, hair, post mortem surgical needles, thread. 5.5 x 7 x 2.5 inches 2008 Photo courtesy of the University of Hawaii Art Gallery. Photo by Hal Lum and Paul Kodama http://www.marybabcock.com/Teachings-on-Love http://www.marybabcock.com/following/marybabcock.com/Teachings-on-Love Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:35:41 +0000 Mary Babcock 620133 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620133/love1.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620133/love1_o.jpg" data-mid="3152016" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620133/love2.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620133/love2_o.jpg" data-mid="3152017" border="0" align="left"/> Hand-embroidered antique wedding dress, plastic wedding rings. 2005 Questions the incongruent role anti-samesex marriage dogma played during a wartime election, particularly in light of divorce statistics in “red” states. Bodice text: For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven Matthew 22:29-31 Skirt text: I am thinking of getting married. Why does that make you feel nervous? Inner skirt text: I am thinking of not getting married. Why does that make you feel nervous? Veil text: Practicing the Immeasurable Mind of Love extinguishes anger in the hearts of living beings. Practicing the Immeasurable Mind of Compassion extinguishes all sorrows and anxieties… (Nagarjuna, a second century Buddhist philosopher) http://www.marybabcock.com/Unnatural-Acts http://www.marybabcock.com/following/marybabcock.com/Unnatural-Acts Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:35:41 +0000 Mary Babcock 620134 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620134/unnatural1a.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620134/unnatural1a_o.jpg" data-mid="3229023" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620134/unnatural2.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620134/unnatural2_o.jpg" data-mid="3152030" border="0" align="left"/> Prickly pear fiber, silver solder, wire. 2003 Addresses the unnaturalness of imposed boundaries and forced militarism. http://www.marybabcock.com/Isoline http://www.marybabcock.com/following/marybabcock.com/Isoline Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:33:17 +0000 Mary Babcock 620130 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620130/isoline1.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620130/isoline1_o.jpg" data-mid="3151972" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620130/isoline2.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620130/isoline2_o.jpg" data-mid="3151973" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620130/isoline3.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620130/isoline3_o.jpg" data-mid="3151974" border="0" align="left"/> An “isoline” is a geographical term for a map line connecting points of equal value. This piece was created in response to our nationʼs response to the bombing of the World Trade Center and in is intended as a blessing of extended compassion. Created in collaboration with Kerry Phillips. Installation with tapestry (8x10ʼ) of domestic and international maps, wire warp, washed blue prints, and sound recorded off the wire warps during the collaborative weaving process. The University of Arizona Art Museum, 2002 http://www.marybabcock.com/Finding-Center http://www.marybabcock.com/following/marybabcock.com/Finding-Center Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:33:02 +0000 Mary Babcock 620127 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620127/findingcenter1.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620127/findingcenter1_o.jpg" data-mid="3151963" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620127/findingcenter2.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620127/findingcenter2_o.jpg" data-mid="3151964" border="0" align="left"/> Triptych, each section 9 x 8 inches. Vintage fishing line; international, national and Hawaiian Islands maps. 2006. Photo credit: Hal Lum Left: Oahu, Molokai, Lanai woven from continental maps Center: Continents woven from maps of Hawaiian archipelago Right: Self-portrait woven from roads maps of places I have lived http://www.marybabcock.com/Hydrophilia-II http://www.marybabcock.com/following/marybabcock.com/Hydrophilia-II Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:32:39 +0000 Mary Babcock 620125 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620125/2hydro1.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620125/2hydro1_o.jpg" data-mid="3210667" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620125/2hydro5.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620125/2hydro5_o.jpg" data-mid="3210676" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620125/2hydro3.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620125/2hydro3_o.jpg" data-mid="3210669" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620125/2hydro4.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620125/2hydro4_o.jpg" data-mid="3210670" border="0" align="left"/> Series in progress (2007 - ) An ongoing meditation on water and its metaphors for social interchange. Inspired by mappings of the oceans currents between land masses, those unpossessed passages that challenge our contemporary conceptions of ownership and control. Created from vintage fishing line, each 12 x 11.5 inches http://www.marybabcock.com/Hydrophilia-I http://www.marybabcock.com/following/marybabcock.com/Hydrophilia-I Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:32:38 +0000 Mary Babcock 620124 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro1.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro1_o.jpg" data-mid="3210578" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro2.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro2_o.jpg" data-mid="3210580" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro3.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro3_o.jpg" data-mid="3210581" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro4.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro4_o.jpg" data-mid="3210582" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro4a.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro4a_o.jpg" data-mid="3210583" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro4b.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro4b_o.jpg" data-mid="3210584" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro5.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro5_o.jpg" data-mid="3210585" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro6.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro6_o.jpg" data-mid="3210586" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro8a.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro8a_o.jpg" data-mid="3210588" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro8b.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro8b_o.jpg" data-mid="3210589" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro8c.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro8c_o.jpg" data-mid="3210590" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro8d.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro8d_o.jpg" data-mid="3210593" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro7.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="670" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/49191/620124/hydro7_o.jpg" data-mid="3210587" border="0" align="left"/> The Salvaged Net Series is an ongoing body of large scale non-traditional tapestries created from discarded gillnets collected by the Columbia River Fishermanʼs Projective Union where the Columbia meets the Pacific, and of nets and ropes collected from the Pacific shorelines of Oahu. The series explores the Oceanic concept of water as a means of connection, and the possibility of reclamation through re-embracing of “old” technologies and thought systems considered to be useless and obsolete. Photo credits: Hal Lum; Makoto Kiryu.