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Jody Alexander, USA

the boro aesthetic: creating fibre art pieces

Ballarat september 2023

www.jodyalexander.com
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Jody is a mixed media artist who lives and works in Santa Cruz and Penn Valley, California.

​She combines textiles, paper, found items and imagery to create books, objects, wall pieces, garments, and installations. Her current work is inspired by the art of repair, reuse, and imagery and stories encountered in her travels and
everyday.
 
Her work appears in a number of publications including Masters: Book Arts, 500 Handmade Books, and 1000 Artists' Books. Jody was an artist in residence at the Santa Cruz Resource Recovery Facility in 2019, and is the 2015 recipient of the Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship.  

The boro aesthetic: creating fibre arts pieces

Boro is a word used to describe Japanese textiles that have been pieced, patched, repaired and passed down from generation to generation. Boro textiles are utilitarian objects that are rich and sumptuous and that, although old in age, possess a contemporary aesthetic, and are rooted in sustainability.

In this workshop students will begin by creating a Boro Sampler Book to learn the stitching, patching and mending vocabulary of Boro. Once the language is learned students will work on a fibre art piece that will meld their own style with the Boro Aesthetic.

Additionally, students will look at mending and textile reuse traditions from other cultures around the world. Students will also learn stencil printing techniques and will incorporate their own imagery into their art piece.

Students will be encouraged to bring old garments to deconstruct and combine with reclaimed materials, learned surface design techniques, and Boro inspired stitching and repair techniques to create their personal project. The instructor will share her collection of Japanese Boro textiles as well as look at contemporary artists creating in the spirit of Boro.

​This workshop is appropriate for beginners wanting to learn stitching and surface techniques or experienced artists and makers wanting to incorporate a new aesthetic into their work.
  
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