Amy Usdin
Picnic at Dead Horse Bay (panels 01-05), 2022
animal and plant fibers on vintage fishing nets 94 x 72 x 78 inches, variable
"Picnic at Dead Horse Bay," needle-woven on fishing nets reminiscent of those made and mended for millennia, embodies the idea of revolving histories. Littered with remnants of lives disrupted by eminent domain, the bay provides a cautionary tale that the past resurfaces, sometimes unexpectedly, often consequentially.
Amy Usdin
Still and Again, 2023
cotton, linen, silk, viscose, and wool on vintage fishing nets 9 x 24 x 21 inches
Amy Usdin
Object Study 07, 2024
linen and wax 8 x 10 x 7 inches
Amy Usdin
Strand 02, 2021
silk and plant fibers on vintage fishing net 38 x 24 x 3 inches
Woven onto a worn fishing net similar to those made and mended for thousands of years, the Strand series holds double meaning. The word “strand” means the literal shore but also the thread that comprises each piece and holds it together—a metaphor for the themes that weave our past to our present.
Amy Usdin
Strand 03, 2021
silk and plant fibers on vintage fishing net 60 x 29 x 6 inches
Woven onto a worn fishing net similar to those made and mended for thousands of years, the Strand series holds double meaning. The word “strand” means the literal shore but also the thread that comprises each piece and holds it together—a metaphor for the themes that weave our past to our present.
Amy Usdin
Field Notes 01, 2023
animal and plant fibers on fishing net fragments 15.5 x 8.5 x 1 inches
Amy Usdin
Field Notes 02, 2023
animal and plant fibers on fishing net fragments 15.5 x 9.5 x 0.75 inches
Amy Usdin
Field Notes 03, 2023
animal and plant fibers on fishing net fragment 16 x 9 x 2.25 inches
Amy Usdin
And Through the Wood, 2021
cotton, hemp, leather, linen, and wool on leather horse fly nets with hames 90 x 56 x 17 inches
Amy Usdin
To Grandmother’s House, 2020
cotton, hemp, leather, linen, paper, reed, and wool with caned seat on leather horse fly nets with hame 85 x 35 x 18 inches
