Foundation House, CT, Artist Residency Experience Part 4. Open Studios Event

An open studio event was planned for the weekend to which visitors from outside were invited.  For this event, with the director's permission, I installed my installation "A Thread X A Thread" inside the house.  I chose the staircase, the foyer, and the end part of the great room.  These three spaces were separate, but my thread work held them together around one wall between them.  My rule here was to hook the threads where there were already places to hook them, such as the stair posts, railings, and wooden dowel joints.  This made for a rather unique composition for the installation.  And these dowel joints were strong and solid!   As I touched the old, smooth railings and panels, I could feel the craftsmanship and the weight of the history of this old house.  I got help from Jeff, a writer resident of this program with installing the piece at the high position.  It turned out to be one of the largest scales to date for this work.  I am so thankful for the generosity of the place for allowing me to do this.  

This open house event was all the more special and significant because it was the first time that people from the East Coast of the United States added the threads to my work.

I also exhibited my painting series "Iridescence," which I created in my studio. Thanks to the environment that allowed me to concentrate on my work, I was able to complete eight paintings.

Foundation House, Greenwich, CT  August, 2023