TEXTILES – SUMMER SESSION 2
June 2-14, 2024 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Gabe Duggan
Sculptural Fibers

Building from traditions in weaving and off-loom processes, this workshop will explore unexpected approaches to fiber work. We will seek broader definitions of traditional techniques by re-situating media, technology, and approach, and through fundamental dynamics such as unification through tension and balance. Unconventional media will be welcomed and troubleshot collaboratively; we will consider implications of labor, gender, race, and class; space will be approached intuitively and calculatingly, invasively and non-invasively. Specific techniques covered could include 2-8 harness weaving, handspinning, felting, net/lacemaking, knitting, crocheting, stiffeners, etc. All levels. This workshop takes place in a second-floor walk-up studio that has partial access by a stair lift.

Associate Professor at East Carolina University (NC); other teaching: University of North Texas, Georgia State University; residencies: Sculpture Space Inc. (NY), Fish Factory (Stöðvarfjörður, IS), Praxis Fiber Workshop (OH), Cooler Ranch (NY), Musk Ox Farm (AK), Rob Dunn Lab at North Carolina State University; Juror’s Prize at Art on the Trails (MA); exhibitions: SECCA (NC), Flanders, Lump, and Anchorlight (NC), Garis & Hahn (NY).

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January 15 – Regular enrollment opens