Victoria Tasch
Firefly Flight Pattern (detail), 2024
cyanotype on silk with glow in the dark thread and tiny lights 13' x 46"
Victoria Tasch
Rain, 2024
Cyanotype on silk, thread 124" x 40"
Documenting life in my garden is an ongoing project. In this series cyanotype coated silk is exposed in sun using Spring flowers ( lots of Iris) and dew from the grass. Sun and water are essential to this process. Vertical running stitch to create rhythm of water.
Victoria Tasch
Firefly Flight Pattern, 2024
cyanotype on silk with glow in the dark thread and tiny lights 13' x 46"
Documenting life in my pollinator garden is an ongoing project. In this series cyanotype coated silk is exposed in sun using summer flowers and dew from the grass plus butterfly stencils. Sun and water are essential to this process and to the life cycle of fireflies. My home near the Bark River is the perfect environment for water loving insects. Glo thread records the flight patterns which is backlit with tiny lights.
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
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
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.
