Dinah Mcfarlane
The Hull (detail), 2023
Fiber, silk, monofilaments, paper, vintage kimono thread, 20" x 20" x 20"
By weaving together the organic and the found, intricate designs invite all to ponder the cycles of growth and decay in the natural world. Through my art, I aim to forge an unbreakable bond to the beauty and complicated cycles around us while offering a poignant reflection on the delicacy of our existence.
Dinah Mcfarlane
The Hull, 2024
Fiber, silk, monofilaments, paper, vintage kimono thread, 20" x 20" x 20"
By weaving together the organic and the found, intricate designs invite all to ponder the cycles of growth and decay in the natural world. Through my art, I aim to forge an unbreakable bond to the beauty and complicated cycles around us while offering a poignant reflection on the delicacy of our existence.
Dinah Mcfarlane
Echoes of My Walk, 2023
Rattan, raffia, paper 24" x 24" x 24"
Echoes Of My Walk is a woven sculpture exploring the ever-changing network of life experienced during the quiet contemplative times during a simple walk. Most are not planned big excursions, but quick ones to clear the mind, to walk the dog, to take a breath from swirling thoughts that can overwhelm
Dinah Mcfarlane
What is Left, 2023
Rattan, raw kudzu, indigo dip dyed kudzu, kudzu cordage , thread 19" x 16" x 8"
Dinah Mcfarlane
In The Hollow, 2023
recycled silk sari yarn, ramie bark, linden cordage, crystal 9" x 13" x 13"
Weaving intricate textures is a unique blend of physical effort, searching for the textile or foraged elements that lend themselves to a harmonious interplay is a way for me, and hopefully the viewer, to honor and ignite a complex symbiotic relationship to the world physically, mentally and spirituality while exploring sculptural possibilities in textiles and fiber.
Dinah Mcfarlane
Bride Price, 2025
Fiber art: paper, silk, acrylic, ink 56" x 24" x 2"
Women's time in history is tied to fiber and thread. When working on a piece I think of not only the material, but if it is useful or an object, is it pretty or frightening, does it reflect the environment we are surrounded in or influenced by the divine feminine? As my work is largely intuitive, I find inspiration and guidance from the fiber itself. Most pieces are imbued with a palpable sense of the landscape blending the physical and fibrous elements into a harmonious interplay, only giving clues to its meaning. The landscape is not only what I see in nature but also can reflect the political and environmental network that is similar to mycorrhizal network: invisible to most but vital to all. I want to invite the viewer to create their own story in an unknown textural world that feels familiar and alien at the same time.
Dinah Mcfarlane
Kudzu Forest, 2023
Natural kudzu, fiber, wool, metal 57" x 48" x 5"
Kudzu Forest is a nod to my deep heritage rooted in New Orleans Louisiana, the tangled history woven from past generations of women in my family, and their struggle overcoming the roles they payed outwardly to society. Storytelling is my lineage. I was raised with hushed whispers of grandmothers secret practices, divination, dream work, spiritualism all intertwined with their deep Catholic faith. By using cotton, wool, and Kudzu fiber: the past in farming and the present symbolized by vines that has overrun so much of the South's forest and natural landscape , I tie the mix of ideologies that cant be forgotten but can be crafted into something new.
Dinah Mcfarlane
A Cloister of Monsters, 2025
Thread, embrodery, paper , acrylic paint, ink 56 L X 24 W X3"
My art, through the manipulation of thread and fiber, serves as a dance between past and present, fractured dreams, beauty found in ancient traditions or horrors of forgotten events. I aim to unravel the stories woven within each piece, allowing the viewer to journey through the woven lines. This exploration is deeply personal as it connects to themes transcending memories, cultural identity, encapsulated in material form.
Dinah Mcfarlane
Ghosts of the Golden Field, 2025
Thread, kudzu fiber, silk, handpainted paper, beads, paint, ink 27 "H x 13" W X 4" D
My art, through the manipulation of thread and fiber, serves as a dance between past and present, fractured dreams, beauty found in ancient traditions or horrors of forgotten events. I aim to unravel the stories woven within each piece, allowing the viewer to journey through the woven lines. This exploration is deeply personal as it connects to themes transcending memories, cultural identity, encapsulated in material form.
