https://ettasandry.com Etta Sandry Sun, 03 Oct 2021 02:56:07 +0000 https://ettasandry.com en https://ettasandry.com/Home Mon, 25 May 2020 22:07:15 +0000 Etta Sandry https://ettasandry.com/Home <img width="2448" height="3060" width_o="2448" height_o="3060" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9686fec141576302e01b445b1104679f79d0cca411229230616f23c9f1dc33a8/Rope-Sampler.JPG" data-mid="72414267" border="0" data-scale="65" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9686fec141576302e01b445b1104679f79d0cca411229230616f23c9f1dc33a8/Rope-Sampler.JPG" /> https://ettasandry.com/Work Mon, 25 May 2020 23:12:34 +0000 Etta Sandry https://ettasandry.com/Work <img width="3612" height="5418" width_o="3612" height_o="5418" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc117be31e7e099af447b6f66e8db1d9d661cfac9517298f265bf2a5f8ebd4c5/Etta-2021-30.jpg" data-mid="120530159" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc117be31e7e099af447b6f66e8db1d9d661cfac9517298f265bf2a5f8ebd4c5/Etta-2021-30.jpg" /> Pathways <img width="3908" height="5521" width_o="3908" height_o="5521" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a8053d2a1312156dc80dff92d1f25cabd8456bb65310674f76cff4c20c00d03/Etta-2021-10.jpg" data-mid="120529634" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a8053d2a1312156dc80dff92d1f25cabd8456bb65310674f76cff4c20c00d03/Etta-2021-10.jpg" /> Grappling <img width="4016" height="6024" width_o="4016" height_o="6024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3455c4e0eefd3add9489538f75fca8938f354a8d6f800e14ff6b5fd387c5d10c/Etta-2021-29.jpg" data-mid="120531575" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3455c4e0eefd3add9489538f75fca8938f354a8d6f800e14ff6b5fd387c5d10c/Etta-2021-29.jpg" /> Two or three or four or red white black blue yellow <img width="801" height="1200" width_o="801" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ebc43b67b203552df436ac86ca004ba3b4785e59e043eba197e86c893a1cc1a/SunriseSunset_resize.jpg" data-mid="72415788" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/801/i/9ebc43b67b203552df436ac86ca004ba3b4785e59e043eba197e86c893a1cc1a/SunriseSunset_resize.jpg" />The only thing I think I know for sure <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19343d897b2d4a82e34e2d446e5b8a66d79016363355f8ac15c90057bb85a73a/RCH-EKH_RC_Thats-What-She-Said_070215_028.jpg" data-mid="72688634" border="0" data-scale="87" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19343d897b2d4a82e34e2d446e5b8a66d79016363355f8ac15c90057bb85a73a/RCH-EKH_RC_Thats-What-She-Said_070215_028.jpg" />What I mean to say is <img width="6025" height="4017" width_o="6025" height_o="4017" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdf07f9807920f62ae1a9b2864e7f9f5a67ea6693dacbc9f3414678530ec446b/Etta-2021-41.jpg" data-mid="120529664" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bdf07f9807920f62ae1a9b2864e7f9f5a67ea6693dacbc9f3414678530ec446b/Etta-2021-41.jpg" /> Body Work <img width="2697" height="1800" width_o="2697" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a8c64b9c5abd43ac6f1e8a4b8e518db572c70c5074d09621a4c360118d41e1d/Ropes_Snake-in-a-basket-detail.jpg" data-mid="72415550" border="0" data-scale="91" alt="Plied Bodies" data-caption="Plied Bodies" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a8c64b9c5abd43ac6f1e8a4b8e518db572c70c5074d09621a4c360118d41e1d/Ropes_Snake-in-a-basket-detail.jpg" /> Plied Bodies <img width="2697" height="1800" width_o="2697" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a0aea356ec991976d47b3c31e1d0bc8cbde271149c00caa56cf624aec90b876/DodecaweaveDetail1.jpg" data-mid="72415436" border="0" data-scale="91" alt="Dodecaweave for all time" data-caption="Dodecaweave for all time" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a0aea356ec991976d47b3c31e1d0bc8cbde271149c00caa56cf624aec90b876/DodecaweaveDetail1.jpg" /> Dodecaweave <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/839758751ac8f1c90cee092138bb7eaebacb75e4a76ef00095e3209e9a5233c3/DRAFT_005v2_resize.jpg" data-mid="72694378" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/839758751ac8f1c90cee092138bb7eaebacb75e4a76ef00095e3209e9a5233c3/DRAFT_005v2_resize.jpg" />Draft https://ettasandry.com/Plied-Bodies Mon, 25 May 2020 22:07:14 +0000 Etta Sandry https://ettasandry.com/Plied-Bodies <img width="2697" height="1800" width_o="2697" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/419da7c6f6a2c92a92062a0e28aa79520661aeb0f545863927c3a675cb169974/Ropes_Full-Install_Small.jpg" data-mid="72411278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/419da7c6f6a2c92a92062a0e28aa79520661aeb0f545863927c3a675cb169974/Ropes_Full-Install_Small.jpg" /> Plied Bodies2019 Glazed and unglazed earthenware and stoneware, wool, cotton, ceramic slip the artist's hair, MDF, paint, video projection, iPad with video <img width="2697" height="1800" width_o="2697" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d816365c1945e5d5c83b47eee72d2705cf6dc0ccd3ddf447933e793d44e991bd/Ropes_Slip-dip-detail.jpg" data-mid="72411302" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d816365c1945e5d5c83b47eee72d2705cf6dc0ccd3ddf447933e793d44e991bd/Ropes_Slip-dip-detail.jpg" /> <img width="2697" height="1800" width_o="2697" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05b53e4564a1573da6856ae7e092a4dd231742fbcac68dcdb6669049a0f29ae6/Ropes_Hair-detail.jpg" data-mid="72411295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05b53e4564a1573da6856ae7e092a4dd231742fbcac68dcdb6669049a0f29ae6/Ropes_Hair-detail.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="2698" width_o="1800" height_o="2698" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5ff1d426cddde51391b782de2eacdce15891da0d5675fa035f76e4ac7250f08/Ropes_Install-View2_Small.jpg" data-mid="72411297" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5ff1d426cddde51391b782de2eacdce15891da0d5675fa035f76e4ac7250f08/Ropes_Install-View2_Small.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="2697" width_o="1800" height_o="2697" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e9e2a91dbdb1372823b533e9352629b0bfe81b7fd78ea5e49eb803fcc676f5e/Ropes_Install-detail.jpg" data-mid="72411540" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e9e2a91dbdb1372823b533e9352629b0bfe81b7fd78ea5e49eb803fcc676f5e/Ropes_Install-detail.jpg" /> <img width="2697" height="1800" width_o="2697" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ac682b1e9c2c0df341430e3465fa00fd39ed24bc1a01f45a4083f282068064f/Ropes_Piles-detail.jpg" data-mid="72411301" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ac682b1e9c2c0df341430e3465fa00fd39ed24bc1a01f45a4083f282068064f/Ropes_Piles-detail.jpg" /> https://ettasandry.com/Body-Work Sun, 26 Sep 2021 13:03:33 +0000 Etta Sandry https://ettasandry.com/Body-Work <img width="5778" height="3738" width_o="5778" height_o="3738" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d4981f336c6c43a9ee38ad3fa469ea1b72b76dd0a47c8b28bb41b8a8d3118be/Etta-2021-39.jpg" data-mid="120526326" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d4981f336c6c43a9ee38ad3fa469ea1b72b76dd0a47c8b28bb41b8a8d3118be/Etta-2021-39.jpg" /> Body Work2020 Various mixes of earthenware, stoneware, fireclay, ball clay, porcelain, Alberta slip, minspar, silica, grog (fine and coarse), baking soda, sand, soda ash, quinoa, rice, zinc, bone ash, wood ash, perlite, vermiculite, talc, ilmenite <img width="6025" height="4017" width_o="6025" height_o="4017" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33759ac08ecdfce1b182ec2bfbe0abac7a2526b51a00e8f17f08919bf405272e/Etta-2021-41.jpg" data-mid="120526328" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33759ac08ecdfce1b182ec2bfbe0abac7a2526b51a00e8f17f08919bf405272e/Etta-2021-41.jpg" /><img width="3853" height="5778" width_o="3853" height_o="5778" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5b5568a5a7467b03a41696485e6cd04e7c322cee8ad48fa32b4c98f88d50d89/Etta-2021-40.jpg" data-mid="120526327" border="0" data-scale="78" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5b5568a5a7467b03a41696485e6cd04e7c322cee8ad48fa32b4c98f88d50d89/Etta-2021-40.jpg" /> A clay body is a clay that is altered for different qualities and uses, a combination of clay, flux, and filler. Clay: the mud, the plastic ingredient, alumina + silica. Flux: the minerals, sodium, potassium, lithium, the melter, the change agent. Filler: organic or inorganic materials that alter texture and strength. In working with clay bodies, I am curious in the various properties of clay - color, vitrification, elasticity, workability, texture, solubility, and shrinkage - and the unexpected results that occur when materials are pushed to their capacities. These clay body tests take the shape of small coils of plied thread, one of the elemental fiber structures. As coiled and plied clay dries and shrinks, the end of a coil rises like a dried noodle or a snake lifting its head to smell the air; soda added into a clay body forms crystals on the clay’s surface and it emerges glassy and ochre from the kiln; a clay mixed with rice grows fuzzy mold as it sits on the shelf waiting to be formed and then crumbles when it is fired, pockmarked where the rice burned away in the heat. Sampling is a play practice. Through sampling, a maker plays with materials by testing their limits, responding to and asking questions of them, drawing out their possibilities. The sample’s set scale and material parameters allow for experimentation and flow, as do the rules in a game. Through acts of play, by questioning limits of known structures, and through methods of translation and transformation these samples become abstract models for the practice of destabilizing and reconfiguring broader social and political apparatuses. When gathered together in a space, these forms reference the precarity of bodies, climates, and social and political systems while proposing the re-constitution of those systems. <img width="5837" height="3891" width_o="5837" height_o="3891" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7092b07fa9c491c2c58e02e0924b7b6a07eed72ef47ef6ec96a5353f9440f60f/Etta-2021-38.jpg" data-mid="120526325" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7092b07fa9c491c2c58e02e0924b7b6a07eed72ef47ef6ec96a5353f9440f60f/Etta-2021-38.jpg" /> https://ettasandry.com/Two-or-three-or-four-or-red-white-black-blue-yellow Sun, 03 Oct 2021 02:56:07 +0000 Etta Sandry https://ettasandry.com/Two-or-three-or-four-or-red-white-black-blue-yellow <img width="3274" height="4912" width_o="3274" height_o="4912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cde41f3f25d14ccf4e2b8904e7b814555d7c015d8bb8622607d344d74d291b88/Etta-2021-24.jpg" data-mid="120531254" border="0" data-scale="63" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cde41f3f25d14ccf4e2b8904e7b814555d7c015d8bb8622607d344d74d291b88/Etta-2021-24.jpg" /> Two or three or four or red white black blue yellow2019-2021 Tencel woven on jacquard loom, stoneware, steel support <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c5da29b54c52fd4dbe489776fe51be5f84f19409f874ad55583b41c4f73cdc4/Etta-2021-28.jpg" data-mid="120531258" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c5da29b54c52fd4dbe489776fe51be5f84f19409f874ad55583b41c4f73cdc4/Etta-2021-28.jpg" /> <img width="4016" height="6024" width_o="4016" height_o="6024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e367f86cb050426210f1b268b9e57e12500bc88a3df6f553527e164479a0582/Etta-2021-29.jpg" data-mid="120531259" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e367f86cb050426210f1b268b9e57e12500bc88a3df6f553527e164479a0582/Etta-2021-29.jpg" /> <img width="4065" height="6097" width_o="4065" height_o="6097" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6100e124162e1cbb85cf19868bb7d87d5a7a862f0544919b75827e69bf33c838/Etta-2021-26.jpg" data-mid="120531256" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6100e124162e1cbb85cf19868bb7d87d5a7a862f0544919b75827e69bf33c838/Etta-2021-26.jpg" /> <img width="4112" height="6168" width_o="4112" height_o="6168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7f8d142e10d9f7706f4aef0fcfc25927578f7ce7e29b82e13e66c3aef6a3496/Etta-2021-25.jpg" data-mid="120531255" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7f8d142e10d9f7706f4aef0fcfc25927578f7ce7e29b82e13e66c3aef6a3496/Etta-2021-25.jpg" /> https://ettasandry.com/Grappling Sun, 03 Oct 2021 01:41:50 +0000 Etta Sandry https://ettasandry.com/Grappling Grappling2019-2021 Clay and fibre rope samplers <img width="4075" height="6112" width_o="4075" height_o="6112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1c1f9c8607dc60773e9b07bcdcfed9c140e4b90c82abd4c6c15d9f9eaf4799c/Etta-2021-12.jpg" data-mid="120529372" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1c1f9c8607dc60773e9b07bcdcfed9c140e4b90c82abd4c6c15d9f9eaf4799c/Etta-2021-12.jpg" /> Six Ply 2019 Earthenware clay <img width="3847" height="5771" width_o="3847" height_o="5771" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08f662f76daffbb2631420db6948ea957b84ab4021141a48e0581c8bac23d3ed/Etta-2021-22.jpg" data-mid="120529376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08f662f76daffbb2631420db6948ea957b84ab4021141a48e0581c8bac23d3ed/Etta-2021-22.jpg" />Z/S twist chimes2021 Earthenware clay with cotton fiber rope <img width="3801" height="5702" width_o="3801" height_o="5702" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5032e54481dac234d2f925026e32051f4be4eddb877a4a751705ccaad1e7d158/Etta-2021-23.jpg" data-mid="120529377" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5032e54481dac234d2f925026e32051f4be4eddb877a4a751705ccaad1e7d158/Etta-2021-23.jpg" /> <img width="3663" height="5494" width_o="3663" height_o="5494" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f7afd1757816ba0f3a111d3bdc9ce291cf409d6811b57c85f5a1f1b8a95ea36/Etta-2021-05.jpg" data-mid="120529365" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f7afd1757816ba0f3a111d3bdc9ce291cf409d6811b57c85f5a1f1b8a95ea36/Etta-2021-05.jpg" /> <img width="3993" height="5990" width_o="3993" height_o="5990" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6314051d2d84ad5ac7f9e3169daf379ba292e69d9a9e84ba271799a85564c131/Etta-2021-06.jpg" data-mid="120529366" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6314051d2d84ad5ac7f9e3169daf379ba292e69d9a9e84ba271799a85564c131/Etta-2021-06.jpg" />Terra 2021 Earthenware, ball clay, fireclay, minspar, silica, and Alberta slip with cotton fiber rope <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73cbf9ee8dd27676600b47ed0207d80bf8bfbeca347e4032452c8f18205aef95/Etta-2021-07.jpg" data-mid="120529367" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73cbf9ee8dd27676600b47ed0207d80bf8bfbeca347e4032452c8f18205aef95/Etta-2021-07.jpg" /> <img width="3901" height="5852" width_o="3901" height_o="5852" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5c7872941b6a1b0b981c82796b41896df9df1ee5cd38f60ea001db46bfc21ae/Etta-2021-09.jpg" data-mid="120529368" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5c7872941b6a1b0b981c82796b41896df9df1ee5cd38f60ea001db46bfc21ae/Etta-2021-09.jpg" /> <img width="3908" height="5521" width_o="3908" height_o="5521" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e80cf106f0786f6c533af0cf28946813d702b167cacf551714a1de5439763e9a/Etta-2021-10.jpg" data-mid="120529369" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e80cf106f0786f6c533af0cf28946813d702b167cacf551714a1de5439763e9a/Etta-2021-10.jpg" /> Altogether2021 Earthenware, stoneware, fireclay, ball clay, porcelain, Alberta slip, minspar, silica, grog (fine and coarse), baking soda, sand, soda ash, quinoa, rice, zinc, bone ash, wood ash, perlite, vermiculite, talc, ilmenite with cotton fiber rope <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36e50a614b2cf95e3fc4c0fb27ed8b4245f4216708180b66c71277c7a310f83d/Etta-2021-44.jpg" data-mid="120529824" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36e50a614b2cf95e3fc4c0fb27ed8b4245f4216708180b66c71277c7a310f83d/Etta-2021-44.jpg" /> Where are we going? 2020 Earthenware and stoneware with cottolin rope These works are pathways. Relations. Hard and soft, pliable and fixed; soft and fixed, hard and pliable. Mergings. Translations. Resonances. Questions. What does the clay do? What does the fiber do? What can they do? What do they do together? Support, hold, hang, stretch, twist, break, unravel, dangle, count, wrap, twine, crack. In clay, gestures typically used to create strong, pliable, functional materials, become frozen fragile forms. The resulting ropes are playful experiments and communicative gestural bodies, vulnerable to breakage and failure but often taking on unanticipated properties and shapes as the coiled and twisted clay dries and shrinks. My work in these materials grapples with their relationship to use as a way to explore what more they might offer when form is translated between media and their expected performance undermined. The ceramic rope takes a pliable fiber structure and fixes it in clay. Translated into a new material, the function of the form is eliminated: they are the wrong tools for the job. The ceramic thread cannot tie, stitch, or twine. This translation and inversion of the expected use of these materials expands our understanding of them and creates a space of revelation and possibility. Tethers, chimes. Ropes to grasp onto, to climb. Are we going up or down or … ? Where are we going? https://ettasandry.com/Dodecaweave Mon, 25 May 2020 22:07:15 +0000 Etta Sandry https://ettasandry.com/Dodecaweave <img width="2697" height="1800" width_o="2697" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b621ee149304f5bb92b34f8c64ec237a7ed7413038420862cd0e2f6d2f4735fa/Dodecaweave.jpg" data-mid="72413386" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b621ee149304f5bb92b34f8c64ec237a7ed7413038420862cd0e2f6d2f4735fa/Dodecaweave.jpg" /> Dodecaweave for all time2018 Cotton, handwoven on AVL Dobby loom <img width="2697" height="1800" width_o="2697" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f1dc616c513019d38ef21a8d3d3ab6c67e6bf605c0ff07655ca86ba55b9c7e1/DodecaweaveDetail2.jpg" data-mid="72413388" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f1dc616c513019d38ef21a8d3d3ab6c67e6bf605c0ff07655ca86ba55b9c7e1/DodecaweaveDetail2.jpg" /> <img width="2697" height="1800" width_o="2697" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/786d9a93870339d63bee664a71e58ea3ac35b84c0cc5d59c16e5ba21e7c69a2d/DodecaweaveDetail1.jpg" data-mid="72413387" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/786d9a93870339d63bee664a71e58ea3ac35b84c0cc5d59c16e5ba21e7c69a2d/DodecaweaveDetail1.jpg" /> <img width="1798" height="1200" width_o="1798" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e82850231768fc35b7ea9b5109791c173c9fa686191800f37337534460d17ec/DodecaweaveDetail3_small.jpg" data-mid="72413390" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e82850231768fc35b7ea9b5109791c173c9fa686191800f37337534460d17ec/DodecaweaveDetail3_small.jpg" /> Weaving is a technically binary structure: a warp thread can be either raised or lowered. When drafted, woven structure is drawn as a binary grid. Woven in multiple layers, weaving maintains its inherent binary nature but takes on a new physical dimensionality. My work on this twelve-layer cloth investigates the the material possibility of something that is physically multi-layered and structurally binary.&nbsp; There is an intangible material transformation that occurs between the flat draft and the woven cloth that resembles the nuance, radical variation, and possibility that emerges from the seemingly fixed and limited systems that order our lives. Through woven layers, folds, and waves I ask how this transformative material could serve as metaphor for reconsidering other seemingly fixed social, political, and economic structures such as nationality, political systems, gender, and educational institutions. Can these works be models for creatively reimagining our presents and futures? <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/131e6bab103f9f73ae93da35f86739e13c5437ef2a2182f9075229a78e454466/07_Sandry.jpg" data-mid="72413905" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/131e6bab103f9f73ae93da35f86739e13c5437ef2a2182f9075229a78e454466/07_Sandry.jpg" /> Twelve Layers, Thirteen Ways2018Colored pencil and ink on graph paper <img width="1024" height="781" width_o="1024" height_o="781" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dfec3569ade973b1017cf81a96ff21780ecb9f87580643b0d705af025442efe/06_Sandry.jpg" data-mid="72413903" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1dfec3569ade973b1017cf81a96ff21780ecb9f87580643b0d705af025442efe/06_Sandry.jpg" /> <img width="600" height="900" width_o="600" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8c468cc5013828bde4149d76e39e29c41a3a77553eb266dc489d1f52b8f2f4c/08_Sandry.jpg" data-mid="72413909" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/e8c468cc5013828bde4149d76e39e29c41a3a77553eb266dc489d1f52b8f2f4c/08_Sandry.jpg" /> <img width="2697" height="1800" width_o="2697" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eaf0b8097d9e6520365eb7dfd77f160bd194cb229a265a0c25853083f4d27896/Dodecaweave-Paper-Draft_Side_Small.jpg" data-mid="72413454" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eaf0b8097d9e6520365eb7dfd77f160bd194cb229a265a0c25853083f4d27896/Dodecaweave-Paper-Draft_Side_Small.jpg" /><img width="2697" height="1800" width_o="2697" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf0990fe51738e5ab1f5499e1c5230e9bd7440b74725d1c5426371c87e66d810/Dodecaweave-Paper-Draft_Front_Small.jpg" data-mid="72413453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf0990fe51738e5ab1f5499e1c5230e9bd7440b74725d1c5426371c87e66d810/Dodecaweave-Paper-Draft_Front_Small.jpg" /> Stages2019Paper, mat board, walnut https://ettasandry.com/Pathways Sun, 03 Oct 2021 02:22:21 +0000 Etta Sandry https://ettasandry.com/Pathways <img width="5537" height="3606" width_o="5537" height_o="3606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70f68d6a6d3271bbb69228bf382c26877ceeb498c60be232c0751da30d7f96a0/Etta-2021-33.jpg" data-mid="120530012" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/70f68d6a6d3271bbb69228bf382c26877ceeb498c60be232c0751da30d7f96a0/Etta-2021-33.jpg" /> Pathways through unknowing2021 Handwoven cotton and wool, plywood and spruce table with stoneware ceramic supports <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a35f54c3816dea7208280b9919337a7992ca23dcac1902c70ed22e70da807940/Etta-2021-31.jpg" data-mid="120530011" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a35f54c3816dea7208280b9919337a7992ca23dcac1902c70ed22e70da807940/Etta-2021-31.jpg" /> <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/248f2db98202469d385e847e48b149d03b2c7b545e2ca4d78962a5c5a1925cb2/Etta-2021-35.jpg" data-mid="120530014" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/248f2db98202469d385e847e48b149d03b2c7b545e2ca4d78962a5c5a1925cb2/Etta-2021-35.jpg" /> <img width="4085" height="6128" width_o="4085" height_o="6128" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b61c8733e11fdfd1a88e03b1510e46499b2fc00ab6f6762fc9508b319867631/Etta-2021-34.jpg" data-mid="120530013" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b61c8733e11fdfd1a88e03b1510e46499b2fc00ab6f6762fc9508b319867631/Etta-2021-34.jpg" /> <img width="3612" height="5418" width_o="3612" height_o="5418" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56073b8d4b944d77a34bdf802fb241f709fab948a525fb58d1e8af6f1b956fc1/Etta-2021-30.jpg" data-mid="120530010" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56073b8d4b944d77a34bdf802fb241f709fab948a525fb58d1e8af6f1b956fc1/Etta-2021-30.jpg" /> Pathways through unknowing offers a series of multi-layer weave samples that explore the potentials of form and structure within a four-layer cloth. Woven layers stack on top of each other to create colorful tubes, pockets, and openings. With the support of ceramic posts, donuts, Ls, and arches, the woven samples can stand, drape, fold, open, and twist in space. They can be arranged and rearranged in new ways within the field of play that the table provides. These samples emerge out of ongoing research into the conceptual implications of something that is materially both binary and multi-layered and explore the transformation between the two-dimensional (weave draft), three-dimensional (cloth), and four-dimensional (time, labor, function, interaction, failure). They search for the z/Δ axes in a seemingly x/y world. This multi-layer weaving work troubles the function of set patterning systems and binary thinking both in woven cloth and as well as in broader social and political contexts. The work makes speculative links between the production of cloth and the formation of power structures such as political-economic systems, gender, and educational institutions. Woven in multiple layers, weaving maintains its inherent binary nature but takes on a new physical dimensionality; from within this seemingly fixed structure, endless possibilities emerge. With their layers, pockets, and folds, the resulting weavings reject the false promise of binary thinking and offer new models of agency and relation. <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55faf7246f36a2db60660eca91e4edeca80ce31a0f0e13cd39f2c596bad77cfc/Etta-2021-43.jpg" data-mid="120530071" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55faf7246f36a2db60660eca91e4edeca80ce31a0f0e13cd39f2c596bad77cfc/Etta-2021-43.jpg" /> Drafts2021 Colored pencil and ink on paper, mounted to plywood <img width="5641" height="3760" width_o="5641" height_o="3760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d55414c8a0d23d0049a61637f3ddf9f96456b7f9c37995c31885986ce26e688b/Etta-2021-20.jpg" data-mid="120530079" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d55414c8a0d23d0049a61637f3ddf9f96456b7f9c37995c31885986ce26e688b/Etta-2021-20.jpg" /> <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c466a8769f61c56474c78aa2e5011d34aa2184b2d48ead801af145db9fc6514/Etta-2021-15.jpg" data-mid="120530077" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c466a8769f61c56474c78aa2e5011d34aa2184b2d48ead801af145db9fc6514/Etta-2021-15.jpg" /> <img width="4128" height="6192" width_o="4128" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb59343d2f3f4b34aa14df138c990bba0a4c771370060b797808e84603b6c15f/Etta-2021-16.jpg" data-mid="120530078" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb59343d2f3f4b34aa14df138c990bba0a4c771370060b797808e84603b6c15f/Etta-2021-16.jpg" /> <img width="1686" height="2174" width_o="1686" height_o="2174" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31556e140a44b0909c898d03c0a144ba02bc6042f7dc2d003b1491d4ad19ebc6/Pathways-Crop.jpg" data-mid="120530109" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31556e140a44b0909c898d03c0a144ba02bc6042f7dc2d003b1491d4ad19ebc6/Pathways-Crop.jpg" /> https://ettasandry.com/45-544728-73-632496-and-The-only-thing-I-think-I-know-for-sure Mon, 25 May 2020 23:41:57 +0000 Etta Sandry https://ettasandry.com/45-544728-73-632496-and-The-only-thing-I-think-I-know-for-sure <img width="801" height="1200" width_o="801" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/486855cad1a942f5f8f5337be8c7b771920e7e790af9f5e59baa9c4122976c72/SunriseSunset_resize.jpg" data-mid="72417077" border="0" data-scale="62" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/801/i/486855cad1a942f5f8f5337be8c7b771920e7e790af9f5e59baa9c4122976c72/SunriseSunset_resize.jpg" /> (45.544728, -73.632496) 2017 Handwoven cotton, maple, sound In (45.544728, -73.632496) I translate time series data for the sunrise and sunset times in the city of Montreal between June 30th 2017 and April 30th 2018 into weaving and sound. Handwoven using a double-cloth pick-up technique, the field of light-colored thread suggests the totality of sunlight for the given time-frame and the dark is the sum of non-sun. The accompanying sound piece translates the same data set into a tonal sound work. The tones of sunrise and sunset times are played simultaneously, creating an oscillating scale that shifts slowly throughout the duration of the work. <img width="801" height="1200" width_o="801" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/423dbd5d93d97271c004064bfe01d435f01c6392237656d42c23246742c07a2e/SunriseSunset_Back_resize.jpg" data-mid="72417148" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/801/i/423dbd5d93d97271c004064bfe01d435f01c6392237656d42c23246742c07a2e/SunriseSunset_Back_resize.jpg" /> <img width="801" height="1200" width_o="801" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fa66dff970a5d39a802d8b0afd394b3cf90b82481cfc8461d117cfb278ce54d/SunriseSunset_Detail_resize.jpg" data-mid="72417076" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/801/i/3fa66dff970a5d39a802d8b0afd394b3cf90b82481cfc8461d117cfb278ce54d/SunriseSunset_Detail_resize.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af426ff2360cbe1c251e3f677421bd5565ddf803146239dd44774c3f7f4f9ca9/ettasandry_02_45.544728---73.632496-installation-view.jpg" data-mid="72417476" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af426ff2360cbe1c251e3f677421bd5565ddf803146239dd44774c3f7f4f9ca9/ettasandry_02_45.544728---73.632496-installation-view.jpg" /> (45.544728, -73.632496) and The only thing I think I know for sure2017 Installation view from Ignition 14 at Galerie Leonard &amp; Bina EllenPhotos courtesy of Galerie Leonard &amp; Bina Ellen <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9731a46abb0b96706fe2aa61b3a7d402bdd2cc5d3a61971a37757cb3cec70cf8/ettasandry_03_the-only-think-I-think-I-know-for-sure.jpg" data-mid="72417477" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9731a46abb0b96706fe2aa61b3a7d402bdd2cc5d3a61971a37757cb3cec70cf8/ettasandry_03_the-only-think-I-think-I-know-for-sure.jpg" /> The only thing I think I know for sure2017 Colored pencil and ink on graph paper in walnut frames The only thing I think I know for sure tracks the sunrise and sunset times in four places I've called home: Bloomington, MN, Chicago IL, Brooklyn NY, and currently Montreal QC. Through these drawings, I attempted to locate myself by comparing a seemingly constant factor: the rise and fall of the sun. In an uncertain political climate worldwide, this work is also a desperate and futile attempt to find a stable condition as a source for hope. This investigation has opened up broader questions for me about place, home, affect, imagined futures, systems of time, and patterns of movement on a personal and global scale. <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6d3e4b1911498ad644dedcd04a27c454c4bda639c024c40a85bc4140b38bd5b/ettasandry_04_the-only-thing-I-think-I-know-for-sure_detail.jpg" data-mid="72417478" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6d3e4b1911498ad644dedcd04a27c454c4bda639c024c40a85bc4140b38bd5b/ettasandry_04_the-only-thing-I-think-I-know-for-sure_detail.jpg" /> https://ettasandry.com/Draft Wed, 27 May 2020 22:46:22 +0000 Etta Sandry https://ettasandry.com/Draft <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f15b17b758acb63a92bc107a4d7f0e6f52a3b16aee1ef8b1739974a239a6d9d/DRAFT_001_resize2.jpg" data-mid="72694313" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f15b17b758acb63a92bc107a4d7f0e6f52a3b16aee1ef8b1739974a239a6d9d/DRAFT_001_resize2.jpg" />&nbsp; Draft2014-2015 Oak, pine, and poplar Photos by Jackie Furtado <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a0f8f64d7a683e6920007876b9610fe27160474c87d110d8b93dc3a6833d927/DRAFT_002_resize2.jpg" data-mid="72694314" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a0f8f64d7a683e6920007876b9610fe27160474c87d110d8b93dc3a6833d927/DRAFT_002_resize2.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bdeef3688042662e57390bf5779ade21d4f8528c85f47bf67ec61ccf165b6ee/DRAFT_005v2_resize.jpg" data-mid="72694315" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6bdeef3688042662e57390bf5779ade21d4f8528c85f47bf67ec61ccf165b6ee/DRAFT_005v2_resize.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96a82e033258252b91d465978fe6e7f97fe6437f3de98b7fbfd24f3268261fe0/IMG_2184.JPG" data-mid="72694360" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96a82e033258252b91d465978fe6e7f97fe6437f3de98b7fbfd24f3268261fe0/IMG_2184.JPG" />