by admin | Oct 23, 2020 | Democracy Art
27th Assembly Dist. (NY), The Woman Suffrage Party, detail of photo from The Woman Citizen, Oct. 6, 1917. These suffragists are knitting for the troops and showing their patriotism as they pursue their goal of gaining the right to vote. Historical knitting circles are...
by admin | Sep 23, 2020 | Knitted Art
Energy, yarn, wire, wood, installation on lamppost at Kent Museum, Calais, VT © Eve Jacobs-Carnahan 2020. Art, not yarn bombing The curators of the Kent Museum invited me to yarn bomb the lamppost that stands outside the historic tavern. So I knit electric yellow...
by admin | Aug 20, 2020 | Knitted Art
Maquette for Knit Democracy Together, © Eve Jacobs-Carnahan 2020. Gloved hands in knitted sculpture You can find identifiable clothing forms in some of my sculptures. Since I work with knitting, the connection is pretty natural. I use gloves, in particular, to...
by admin | Jul 28, 2020 | Food, Land, and Water
Knotweed: Not Safe, handspun and commercial wool yarns, wire, 14 x 18 x 15 inches, © Eve Jacobs-Carnahan 2014, $800 Capturing invasive Japanese Knotweed in sculpture Have you ever been attracted to something beautiful and dangerous? That was the case with the...
by admin | Jun 29, 2020 | Democracy Art
© Nick Cave, Soundsuit (detail), 2009, Smithsonian American Art Museum Learning about Racism from Artist Nick Cave Nick Cave is one of the most well-regarded visual artists in America today. His identity as a Black man deeply informs his art. He made his first...
