Sampling: Experimentation through Material Play
Session 4 | July 27–August 8
Pathways through unknowing (detail) by Etta Sandry, 2021. Handwoven cotton and wool, stoneware, plywood, and spruce table, 72” x 36” x 42”. Photo by Brandon Brookbank.
This workshop will engage sample-making as a practice of playful experimentation and critical inquiry. Starting with hand weaving techniques on portable tapestry looms and moving to floor looms to explore more complex patterning, participants will create collections of swatches that explore the possibilities within a single loom set-up or material question. Sampling will be supported by guiding prompts, written reflection, and documentation. Participants will be invited to learn from each other through skill sharing and group discussions. All levels welcome.
Etta Sandry (she/her, they/them) is an artist, educator, and facilitator situated in the expanded material practices field between craft, contemporary art, and creative research. Through weaving and sampling, her work materializes the possibilities available in seemingly fixed systems. Sandry received an MFA in the Fibre & Material Practices program at Concordia University in Montreal and she was the 2022 Experimental Weaver in Residence at the Unstable Design Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder where she is now a Ph.D. student in Creative Technology and Design.