Victoria Tasch
Wolf Moon, 2023
Whitetail deer antler, reeds dyed, sweetgrass 12" x 10" x 5"
I learned this technique from Richard Gonzales, Iriquios Oneida Turtle Clan, he learned from an elderly Oneida member. I am harvesting shed antlers and using natural materials which I dye and weave to document our shared history. This antler is from Pennsylvania, land of Erie, Iroquois, Shawnee, Tutelos, Delaware people. Reeds dyed with kudzu and other plant stains.
Victoria Tasch
Strawberry Moon, 2022
Whitetail deer antler, reeds, 11" x 4" x 9"
I learned this technique from Richard Gonzales, Iriquios Oneida Turtle Clan, he learned from an elderly Oneida member. I am harvesting shed antlers and using natural materials which I dye and weave to document our shared history. This antler is from Wisconsin, home of indigenous Menominee, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Ho-Chunk people. Reeds dyed with kudzu and other plant stains.
Victoria Tasch
Beaver moon, 2023
Whitetail deer antler, reeds, sweetgrass 14" x 7" x 12"
I learned this technique from Richard Gonzales, Iriquios Oneida Turtle Clan, he learned from an elderly Oneida member. I am harvesting shed antlers and using natural materials which I dye to document our shared history. This antler is from Kentucky; home to Cherokee,Chickasaw, and Shawnee. Reeds dyed with kudzu and other plant stains.
Victoria Tasch
Pin Up Saint: Scholar, 2022
Print collage, transfer on plexi, found objects 8" x 8" x 2.5"
Pin Up Saint (Souvenir) combines an icon collage of what I think Mother Marianne Cope of Hawaii would look like with an image of a young woman wearing a lei (from Life magazine and the headline War Souvenir).
Victoria Tasch
Reed Canary Grass Wall Necklace, 2022
Handmade paper with invasives 5" x 6' x 6"
Wall necklace:using invasive species is part of my papermaking practice.
Victoria Tasch
Soar, 2021
Handmade paper with relief prints and hotfoil 8.5" x 18" x 9"
Drumleaf book
Victoria Tasch
Engelman Ivy Choker, 2018
Engelman Ivy and abaca fibers Radiating from a 7" ring, ivy strands are 3 - 5' long
A menace to the midwest, it has a long and tenacious reach. It also happens to be rooted next to my outdoor papermaking studio.
Victoria Tasch
Buckthorn Belt, 2020
Buckthorn and abaca fibers 20' long with 4" leaves and thorns
Using invasive plants gives purpose to my studio practice.
Victoria Tasch
Wall Necklace, 2019
Garlic mustard and abaca fibers 10' long 7" tall
Using invasive plants gives purpose to my studio practice.
Victoria Tasch
Empty Nest, 2019
Handmade paper, book board, relief print, hotfoil transfer 8" x 6" x 6"
Merging contemporary print processes with handmade paper and bookmaking is my happy place.