Urban Weavings: Bergen Lafayette Detail
Photo printed on cross stitch fabric, 11” x 15”
“The resonance in Michelle Vitale’s work results from her willingness to layer and integrate visual and physical components, image and architecture, photography and traditional craft, environmental conscience and unconventional colorful installation. Vitale is an artist in mid-reach, and a big and brave reach it is, testing a number of creative possibilities.”
American artist Woolpunk was born in Summit, NJ in 1971. Woolpunk, inspired by an immigrant, seamstress grandmother who sewed American flags for a living, machine knits fiber installations, quilts sculptures, and embroiders photographs.She has created a number or pieces repurposing plastics, reclaimed wood, and other eco-friendly materials. She has created large-scale, site-specific forms for a variety of institutions, including the Cathedral of St John the Divine in Manhattan; Hunterdon Museum in Clinton, New Jersey; Lion Brand Yarn Studio in Manhattan; and Casaterra Artist Residency in Puglia, Italy. Her work has been exhibited at The Arts and Crafts Museum in Itami, Japan; ABC No Rio in Manhattan; and Galerie Kurt im Hirsch in Berlin, Germany. Woolpunk has been highlighted in several publications including Surface Design Journal and Embroidery Magazine. She has received grants from the Puffin Foundation, Goldman Sachs, Geraldine Dodge Foundation, The Fine Arts Work Center, and others.
New Jersey & You, Plastic Together, Melted plastics and fibers, 12h x 6 w in
Urban Weavings: Bergen Lafayette 410, Photo printed on cross stitch fabric, 11L x 15w i
Walking Palm, Knitted fiber and reclaimed wood, dimensions vary
Water falls., Knitted paper dipped in silver wrapped around a poly-fiber, dimensions vary