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On the first dark night…

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Part of a series of posts about a residency at Hlaðan in Iceland. So there was only one dark night during my entire stay in Iceland. After a delicious lobster and mussel feast toasted with a local berry wine (thank you gracious hosts of Minni-Vogar), I walked home at about 2:00 in the morning, which [...]

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Temple Assembly

Friday, August 5, 2011

Part of a series of posts about a residency at Hlaðan in Iceland. Here is a series of photographs taken during the construction of the felt temple. You can see how the whole structure is composed and draped over strings under tension, and built up from the bottom to top in the same manner as [...]

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Factory to felt sheets

Monday, August 1, 2011

Part of a series of posts about a residency at Hlaðan in Iceland. Kristin and I visited the spinning and dyeing mill of Istex to source all the wool that I am using for this installation. I was totally mesmerized by all the equipment, the machinery that was spinning and rolling and folding. The contrast [...]

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Felting

Saturday, July 23, 2011

With wool from Istex, a company that represents hundreds of Icelandic shepherds, I’ve been creating sheets of felt to use as panels for construction of a temple. Each piece of felt is made from spreading out wool rovings (cleaned, carded fibers) onto a large sheet, then wetting and soaping the pile. Once I’ve tightly rolled [...]

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