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Meditations on Waste
Loom Waste—Unwoven yarn that must be cut from the top & bottom of a finished weaving.
alternatively, detritus in the wasteland


salvaged loom waste & scrap yarn woven in 4 selvedges, 2017-2018

I cannot part with loom waste
abundant cutoffs that still breathe,
quiet lives that end as they leave this loft.
The ancients wove with four selvedges.
Wrapping a single, continuous weft
lovingly between two dowels.
Translation is dimensional
my salvaged gifts are not
detritus in this wasteland.



Thank you to the following weavers for their donations of loom waste:
-April Camlin
-Liz Ensz
-Susie Brandt
-Lynn Chung
-Olwyn Scarbeary
-students from the classrooms of:
Kristine Woods
Atsuko Chirikijian
Christina Day
and many more.




four-selvedge community weaving workshop
MICA Art Walk, May 2018