Current Exhibit

Technology and Tradition - Fiber works by Nicole Ottwell
MFA Exhibition

November 9 - December 3, 2009
artists' reception: November 13, 4:30 - 7:00 pm

Nicole’s work questions the role of the handmade object in today’s society. She utilizes traditional techniques such as weaving and knitting and historical artifacts and tools as well as digital technology to produce her work. This exhibit is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree.

Ottwell’s work is iconic and simultaneously intimate. She celebrates the role traditional tools have played historically in the textile history of our culture and raises those objects to be subject matter. Through this approach she illustrates what is lost and what is gained with the development of modern technologies. She compares and contrasts the role each of these traditions play and provides the opportunity to reflect upon how digital and machine woven goods are affecting our lives.

Exhibition and reception are both free and open to the public.
 

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