Boulders In Nets
Center for Maine Contemporary Art Biennial in Rockland, Maine

sisal thread, upholstery thread, unfired paper clay adobe, rope, handmade and upcycled book pages, wooden block and tackle
10′ x 5′ x 12′

Boulders In Nets is an installation displaying large woven basket-like forms built to carry large handmade paper boulders. The boulder form, which generally seems to be heavy and weighty, is effortlessly carried within the hand woven nets. Tension is provided by a pulley system connected to the ceiling securing and pulling the weft strings in the weaving. This installation, each form weighing 15 pounds or less, is site installed to navigate gracefully within architecture to highlight the weight defying delicate forms of the paper boulders.

photo credit: David Clough