Woven Geography
2021
51 x 40 in
Handwoven cotton jacquard
Juror’s Second Place Award, Fiber Arts International XI, Sebastopol Center for the Art
Medium: Textile
Rarity: Unique
In Woven Geography, I used a 3D scanner to map my face topographically, then wove that data using a palette borrowed from antique maps.
Cartographic methodologies have been a long-running theme in my work. Established systems to compress and store the maximum amount of three dimensional information in a two dimensional space fascinate me. Past works have focused on drafting bodies topographically through contour lines, but have never included map-based colors.
2021
51 x 40 in
Handwoven cotton jacquard
Juror’s Second Place Award, Fiber Arts International XI, Sebastopol Center for the Art
Medium: Textile
Rarity: Unique
In Woven Geography, I used a 3D scanner to map my face topographically, then wove that data using a palette borrowed from antique maps.
Cartographic methodologies have been a long-running theme in my work. Established systems to compress and store the maximum amount of three dimensional information in a two dimensional space fascinate me. Past works have focused on drafting bodies topographically through contour lines, but have never included map-based colors.
2021
51 x 40 in
Handwoven cotton jacquard
Juror’s Second Place Award, Fiber Arts International XI, Sebastopol Center for the Art
Medium: Textile
Rarity: Unique
In Woven Geography, I used a 3D scanner to map my face topographically, then wove that data using a palette borrowed from antique maps.
Cartographic methodologies have been a long-running theme in my work. Established systems to compress and store the maximum amount of three dimensional information in a two dimensional space fascinate me. Past works have focused on drafting bodies topographically through contour lines, but have never included map-based colors.
“Ann Johnston and I were delighted to take the unusual step of accepting both of Jaya’s pieces to Fiber Arts XI and to give Woven Geography a Juror’s 2nd Place Award.”
— Judith Content, internationally-known textile artist
past president, Studio Art Quilters Association (SAQA),
former Board member, Textile Arts Council at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
