Saturday January 31st, 1-2 pm

Mecklenburg-based textile artivist Zoë will showcase her recently completed 4ft x 3ft wild tapestry map. Woven entirely from seven fibers and natural weaving materials harvested from her home at the ARQ Barn in Mecklenburg NY. The project was supported by a 2025 Individual Artist Grant from the Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes. 

‘Weaving the Land’ took just over 2 months to weave, at an estimated 45 hours of active weaving of wet/soaked materials, and more hours spent harvesting the seven natural weft fibers from our trees, hedgerows, and gardens throughout the year. I used a Zapotec-inspired style of block weaving approach for each section, using my lessons from my Zapotec weaving teacher José Buenaventura Gonzalez; I also utilized some of my natural basketry experience from lessons with Justin Sutera; and inspiration from many online natural fiber and textile craftspeople. I am thankful to generations of craftspeople across the world that learned to work with each of these materials through centuries of trial and error, and for those that have continued to pass the knowledge forward.