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Melissa Potter
Mokosh’s Rug comes from Melissa Potter's Spinning Paper project. "Spinning Paper combines handmade paper processed from seeds planted in my papermaker’s garden with drop spindling, and tapestry weaving. Plant-based papers of flax, cotton rag, or hemp are cut into long strips, spun into paper thread, and woven on a tapestry loom. This technique connects me to my interest in ancient domestic practices by women, as well as my father’s craft: floor loom weaving. The drop spindle was given to me by my mother when I was 17 years old. These highly process-based methodologies inform my thoughts on labor and craft practices. The plants I work with ensconce my paper memories and archives from places I will probably never visit again. I describe them as a material autobiography and explore them in their relationship to the land from which they were grown and the people who worked in those places."   – Melissa Potter

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Mokosh’s Rug, 2020
handmade paper thread, handmade paper samples with grass, lichen, corn, okra, natural dyes
3 x 5 ft   91.4 x 152.4 cm
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  • ARTISTS
    • Exhibited Artists
    • Artist Talks >
      • Talks
      • Artist Videos
      • 1:1 Podcasts
  • EXHIBITIONS
    • Cameron Gainer: Temporal Dispersions
    • SHOWROOM
    • initial ENGAGEMENTS
    • 2025 Exhibition Calendar
  • NEWS
  • ABOUT / CONTACT