Jessica Pinsky returns to HEDGE Gallery with a striking new series of textiles titled I Can’t Remember Anything, opening November 18. Pinsky’s weavings represent her mindset during her first year of motherhood in the pandemic. Woven on a TC2 jacquard loom, the original images were chosen by going through images taken on her cell phone from the first years of […]
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At our opening board meeting in February, the Praxis Fiber Workshop Board of Directors agreed, “It’s the year of the loom!” It has been the year of the loom indeed, despite all of the twists and turns we’ve faced getting to this point. Since 2018, Praxis has been planning the opening of the Digital Weaving Lab. Located in the house […]
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In 2018 Praxis Fiber Workshop leased two parcels from the City Land Bank and turned abandoned soil in North Collinwood into a quarter acre of thriving indigo and marigold plants. In 2019 we doubled the scale and added a second location in South Collinwood, adjacent to the administrative offices of Hospice and CMSD Hannah Gibbons School. The goals: Grow 400 […]
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Museums, Galleries, Studios, and Schools are all closed in the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. That has left artists alone in their studios, and gallery doors closed, sometimes with exhibits still hanging, unseen, on their walls. In the Art from a Distance series of posts on CAN Blog, we’re helping curators, dealers, artists and teachers share their […]
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After four years in operation in the Waterloo Arts District, Praxis Fiber Workshop, a community textile studio, will expand to include digital weaving equipment. In October, 2018, our organization purchased the double family home adjacent to the back parking lot of Praxis on East 152nd Street. With renovations complete, the upstairs two-bedroom apartment will house our artist-in-residence program and the […]
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Each year, an artist is invited to create a body of work at Praxis Fiber Workshop and to exhibit that work in our gallery. We often invite artists whose primary focus is not textiles—to experiment, learn and engage with our community. Past artists in residence have included Royden Watson and Justin Woody. This spring, we are excited to host out-of-state […]
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HEDGE Gallery is thrilled to open a solo exhibition of Jessica Pinsky’s most recent textile-based work, which will be designed to fill the entire perimeter of the gallery through the 2018 holiday season. Pinsky has created approximately 120 small-scale weavings, approximately 12″ x 12″ each, in rich hues of blush, orange, red and purple, which reference colors in the human […]
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Jessica Pinsky interviews Christi Birchfield Jessica Pinsky: You have a background in printmaking, and your undergraduate and graduate degrees are both in print. Christi Birchfield: Correct. JP: But drawing is such an important part of your process. CB: Printmaking has given me the formula for building a piece. Layers become important—thinking about not only a singular image, but how, visually, […]
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What is the responsibility of Praxis Fiber Workshop, a fine art textile center, towards the reversal of harmful textile and fashion industry practices? We believe it is of upmost priority and that education is a first step towards change. It is the hope of Praxis to educate our community about where fabric is sourced, exactly what is entailed in the […]
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When walking into Praxis Fiber Workshop for the first time, visitors are struck by the presence of 24 large wooden structures. Many are familiar with weaving, but newcomers are captivated by the engineering of the loom and the strength and grace of the machine. “How does it work?” This question bursts with curiosity and also demonstrates the distance from our […]
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