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From YouTube: Artistry presents "Woven" at the Inez Greenberg Gallery
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Meet the three artists of "Woven," the first Inez Greenberg Gallery exhibit of the new year, presented by Artistry.
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I
knew
nothing
about
the
fiber
arts
community
when
I
signed
up
for
ann
cottington's
workshop
at
the
textile
center
and
I
didn't
know
teresa
or
martha
when
I
was
selected
for
this
show
and
they
signed
up
for
this
workshop
as
well.
So
not
only
was
I
surrounded
by
the
most
supportive
group
of
artists
that
I
had
the
opportunity
to
bond
with
the
two
of
them,
which
makes
the
groupings
in
this
show
all
the
more
special
to
me.
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In
addition,
I
also
present
a
variety
of
settings
on
the
health
benefits
of
creating
with
one's
hands,
so
I
use
natural
fibers
in
my
work
and
I
really
love
working
with
willow.
I
go
out
and
harvest
my
own
willow.
I've
been
gifted
several
basketry
willow
gardens
and
what
that
involves
is
going
out
in
the
winter
when
the
willow
is
dormant
and
the
leaves
have
fallen
off
and
cutting
down
the
willow.
It
comes
in
a
variety
of
colors
and
it's
the
willow
that
grows
straight
up
from
the
ground.
So
it's
not
the
weeping
willow
tree.
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It's
special
basketry
willow
grows
up
straight
up
from
the
ground.
I
cut
it
down
and
then
I
need
to
sort
it
cut
off
all
the
side
branches
that
I'm
not
going
to
use.
I
really
look
for
the
long
straight
shoots
like
this.
It's
going
to
be
great
for
weaving
the
theme
in
my
work,
and
particularly
the
show,
but
my
work
beyond
2
is
that
I
do
work
around
trauma
and
resilience
and
how
that
shows
up
in
the
body.
In
my
body
I
live
up.
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I
live
with
post-traumatic
stress
disorder
and
it
was
when
I
did
a
particular
therapy
technique
to
help
work
with
that
that
things
shifted
in
my
life
and
I
connected
with
myself
as
an
artist
and
that's
when
my
career
took
off.
One
of
the
things
I
really
love
about
willow
is
that
the
inner
bark
has
salicylic
acid
in
it,
which
is
the
base
component
of
aspirin,
and
so
as
a
nurse
working
with
a
material.
That's
actually
a
medicine
is
I
just
love.
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B
In
basket
making-
and
the
first
is
a
is
coil
basketry,
which
is
just
sort
of
taking
one
piece
of
rope
and
stitching
it
to
the
the
previous
one
and
another
is
the
random
weave
technique
which
uses
rattan
cane
material,
and
you
can
see
that
in
the
piece
called
the
wanderer,
where
it's
really
just
like,
looks
like
a
bird's
nest
or
like
a
big
animal
nest.
I
think
probably
the
common
theme
would
be
mental
health
advocacy
and
just
just
that's
something
that
I'm
really.
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It's
really
important
that
my
in
my
work
that
and
my
practice
that
you
know
these
are
it's
something
that
I
personally
experience
and
live
with,
and
it's,
I
think,
not
talked
about
enough
in
our
society.
So
I
really
want
to
make
objects
that
both
someone
who
has
experiences
like
I
have
can
relate
to
those
objects
and
someone
who
maybe
doesn't
have
any
understanding
of
those
experiences
can
get
a
little
bit
of
an
insight
into
what
it
feels
like
to
live
with.
You
know
mental
illness.
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Some
of
the
work
in
this
show
the
older
work
comes
from
a
body
of
work
called
evidence
of
process
where
I
was
really
thinking
about
the
physical
act
of
object,
making.
You
know
wrapping
things
and
weaving
and
carving
with
wood,
carving
tools
and
just
how
all
of
that
is
really
it's
helpful
for
mindfulness
and
for
sort
of
tuning
into
your
body,
and
it
just
helped
it
helped
me.