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Working primarily in drawing and textile processes – this piece interlaces strings and structures, colors and textures into storied cloth. The loom brings order to the chaos of loose threads and wild fibers, both natural and synthetic. Magdalene Scroll is an image of a woman stretched and stained, a banner of her suffering in all its complexity.
Techniques:
Handwoven on a digital loom using 4-wefts per row (ABCD color rotation) in tabby, twill, and various warp-float structures.
Dimensions:
30″h x 28.5″w x 1″d
Materials:
Assorted fibers/threads (chenille, cotton, metallic, rayon, silk, wool) + wooden dowel + 2 metal screw-eyes
Loom:
TC2 digital loom (1320 heddles)
Helena Richardson
Helena Sarah Richardson works primarily in painting and textile processes – interlacing strings and structures, colors and textures – to trap narratives recorded from her dreams and what she sees playing out in the world (present and past).
She has exhibited nationally at the Alexandria Art Museum (LA); Arts Benicia (CA); Erie Art Museum (PA); Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science (IN); Mark Arts (KS); Museum of Northwest Art (WA); and locally in Ohio at galleries including Art x Love, LLC; Artists Archives of the Western Reserve; Cleveland Museum of Art; Mansfield Art Center; Ohio Arts Council Riffe Gallery; Ohio Craft Museum; Pinwheel Gallery; Summit Art Space; and Valley Art Center.
Helena has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Digital Weaving Lab Resident at Praxis Fiber Workshop.
Originally from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, she earned a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in Textiles from Kent State University.
