Weaving Demo & Dialogue with Artist David van Buskirk:As a weaver, David is always in collaboration with a loom. It is as important to him as the materials his hands work with. The looms can be as complicated as an industrial jacquard or as simple as a weighted warp, a loom invented in the stone age. Whether complex or simple, weaving requires a mechanism to create warp and weft, the structure on which my art is made.
The warp and weft create a rigorous grid for David to work with. This grid provides the structure for exploring color, pattern and texture. This is exacting but often intuitive. There occurs a playful cooperation between the elements of rigor and organic spontaneity in my work. These contradictory elements collaborate to create works of beauty, decoration and meaning.
