Taylor Hanigosky
Fulling postures for dominance, 2023
Photograph 11" x 17"
In exploring the embodied process of wet felting through performance, a study of postures compares the shapes of the forming textile and the body in positions leveraging a specific use of force needed to transition raw wool into durable felt. This is an ongoing study.
Taylor Hanigosky
Altar to Extraction/Interaction, 2023
Wool felt, deer skin, raccoon hair, found bullets, beeswax, plastic bags, limestone, spring water 48" x 48"
An interactive altar installation displays found objects including bullets, foraged fibers, rocks, plastic grocery bags, and others detritus, collected from sites of environmental extraction. Viewers are invited to sit with a moment of reverence and grief for the material trajectories presented. These altars have been set up dozens of times and are configured into site-specific installations with materials from the artist’s collection and/or offered tokens from participants.
Taylor Hanigosky
A map through sand mines for vultures, 2024
Naturally dyed wool 48" x 48"
A wet felting process explores the making of maps through memory and the body. In this work, a wool felt textile serves as witness to an active sand mine across the street from the artist's home, which regularly rearranges the neighborhood's topography.
