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Soul Tired explores materiality as grief, reflecting on the loss of my mother in September 2022. The dichotomy of materials represents both the physical and psychological dimensions of loss – of history, tradition, routine, and all that did not continue. Abstracted photographic imagery symbolizes grief’s distorting effects, while hand-dyeing and weaving on the TC2 jacquard loom conveys time’s passage through layered imagery. The process itself mirrors the stages of grief and its catharsis.
Techniques:
Handwoven; hand-dyed warp
Dimensions:
54″ x 44″ x .5″
Materials:
10/2 cotton; rayon; metallic thread
Loom:
TC2 hand-jacquard loom
Robin Haller
Robin Haller is an artist who specializes in digital design and weaving. She is Professor and Area Coordinator of the Textile Design Program at East Carolina University, School of Art and Design, in Greenville, NC, where she teaches weaving and feltmaking. She has received multiple grants to pursue her research in digital design and weaving, including the North Carolina Regional Artist Support Grant which assisted in her Artist in Residence at the Icelandic Textile Center in July 2022 and 2025. Robin’s artwork has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and recently has been the recipient of the Best in Show Award in both Handcrafted 2024 at the Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC and Traveling the World exhibition at the InArt Gallery. She currently resides between her hometown of Cleveland, OH and her place of employment in Greenville, NC.
