Justine Ashbee
Collaborations - Fiber
Seattle-based fiber and installation artist Justine Ashbee was at HEREKEKE through the Collaborations Program. She helped facilitate the art program with the Sangre the Cristo Youth Ranch using the wool from the Ranch’s Churro sheep, began a community weaving project, and created a series of prints that used wire sculptures from her previous exhibition.
June - August 2010
Navajo-Style Loom Project
Carding the wool from the Churro sheep.
Tie-Dye with the Sangre de Cristo Youth Ranch.
Wool Dyeing with chamisa (rabbit bush) found on the mountain.
Community Weaving
Natural dyes.
Making the Navajo-style loom from local cedar.
Spinning, washing and hanging to set the twist into the yarn.
Justine Ashbee received her BFA in Textile Design from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2003. Her work has explored various weaving processes, from woven filament installation works, to weaving a living arts community as director of Cairo Gallery, in Seattle, WA, from 2008-2010. She is most know for her drawings, which involve an organic evolution of intuitive line development, capturing feeling and sensation through fluid line forms. She has exhibited and published her work internationally, including Barcelona, New York, Los Angeles, Rome, London, and Berlin. http://justineashbee.com