Carolina Kin
Medium: Wool, cotton rope, jute rope, string, and raw sheep’s wool on warp
Dimensions: 32 x 42 inches weaving (54 inch dowel width)
Investment: $2400.00
Carolina Kin explores the relationship between land, lineage, and material.
Structured in four quadrants, the composition balances jute rope, cotton rope, string, and wool — creating a conversation between refined structure and organic irregularity. At the center, an uneven diamond form emerges through layered fiber, including cleaned and processed roving and raw, unprocessed wool gathered directly from the sheep of a family member in Michigan, where much of my family history is rooted and where my father grew up farming.
Small traces of straw and grass remain embedded in the wool, carrying subtle evidence of the field from which the fiber came. While working, I began to notice the central form echoing the outline of North Carolina — an unplanned emergence that felt meaningful given the material’s origin and my own movement between places that continue to shape who I am.
The piece brings together two landscapes that exist simultaneously in my memory — the agricultural rhythms of the Midwest and the terrain I now call home. Fiber allows these connections to be held physically, each strand contributing to a structure that reflects both continuity and change.
This work continues my exploration of weaving as an extension of intuitive abstraction, where repetition allows relationships between material, memory, and form to surface naturally.
*This piece is almost impossible to mock up so it is showen in it’s full form photographed on my porch.
Carolina Kin
Medium: Wool, cotton rope, jute rope, string, and raw sheep’s wool on warp
Dimensions: 32 x 42 inches weaving (54 inch dowel width)
Investment: $2400.00
Carolina Kin explores the relationship between land, lineage, and material.
Structured in four quadrants, the composition balances jute rope, cotton rope, string, and wool — creating a conversation between refined structure and organic irregularity. At the center, an uneven diamond form emerges through layered fiber, including cleaned and processed roving and raw, unprocessed wool gathered directly from the sheep of a family member in Michigan, where much of my family history is rooted and where my father grew up farming.
Small traces of straw and grass remain embedded in the wool, carrying subtle evidence of the field from which the fiber came. While working, I began to notice the central form echoing the outline of North Carolina — an unplanned emergence that felt meaningful given the material’s origin and my own movement between places that continue to shape who I am.
The piece brings together two landscapes that exist simultaneously in my memory — the agricultural rhythms of the Midwest and the terrain I now call home. Fiber allows these connections to be held physically, each strand contributing to a structure that reflects both continuity and change.
This work continues my exploration of weaving as an extension of intuitive abstraction, where repetition allows relationships between material, memory, and form to surface naturally.
*This piece is almost impossible to mock up so it is showen in it’s full form photographed on my porch.
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