Critical Fabulation: The Little Loomhouse

This series of weavings was born out of my archival research at the Little Loomhouse in Louisville, Kentucky. The Little Loomhouse (1939-present) is a system of cabins in Louisville, Kentucky that was established as a weaving studio, gallery space, and meeting place for Kentucky weavers.

To understand the innovative nature of the work produced by the women at the Little Loomhouse, I engaged in a weekly studio practice at the Chicago Weaving School. Every Monday for six months, I wove for five hours and produced a table runner, a historical coverlet, and a set of napkins. My weaving practice draws from critical making theory which acknowledges an intertwined process that links object-making to academic scholarship and theory-based practices. Not only am I weaving to understand structural properties but weaving also places me in direct community with others to replicate a similar experience of labor, mutuality, and creation. Although I will never fully understand the experiences of weavers at the Little Loomhouse, I become akin to them by gossiping, telling stories, and collaborating with my studio mates.

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