PAULA DAMM
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I have forever had fiber in my fingers.  Starting with learning to embroider using picture punch cards and shoestring, I have done needle work, knitting, crochet (badly), macramé, paper making, fiber dying and most recently weaving on 4, 8 and 12 shaft looms.  In the last 5 years, I found myself resisting using a “pattern” in projects, coming up with messes but sometimes a gem would emerge.  Finding these rare successes encouraged me to think in non-traditional ways, not only about my work and my art, but myself.  I see fibers and am intrigued how making marks with needle and thread can be both art and poetry, contemplative and dangerous (think needles piercing flesh), and a way to envelop revered objects, thoughts and words.  

Enjoy,

Paula
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Young Paula With Mask 2020
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  • Home
  • Projects
    • Paper
    • Weaving
    • Weaving - Reliquary - Indigo
    • Stitch - TogetherVoice
    • Stitch : Marks of St. Clare
    • Stitch : Ascemic / Visual Poetry
    • Stitch - Portraits
    • To Jessie, Love, Tom
    • Losses
    • Reliquary - Personal Identifiers as Sacred Objects
    • Non-medical grade face mask # 1-314
    • Life Masks
    • Photos
    • Based on Current Event
    • Collaborations
  • Bio
  • Contact