2021 Commencement Exhibition

Isabelle Dorvillier

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2021 Commencement Exhibition
Isabelle Dorvillier
M Train video mohair yarn, acrylic yarn, video
An outdoor window in a dark brick wall reveals a full moon at dusk against the pale blue sky, trees illuminated in the orange sunset are visible at the bottom of the window in the distance. + Enlarge
Isabelle Dorvillier
Window Studies 01 2020 Digital photography
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An image of a 9 pane blue window tilted open with white sunlight shining through. + Enlarge
Isabelle Dorvillier
Window Studies 02 2020 Digital photography
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The back of a brick corner row house with a bright red painted wall against a deep blue sky, a triangular roof hatch with cream-colored vinyl siding sits on top of the building. The back window is in the bottom right corner of the image. + Enlarge
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Window Studies 03 2020 Digital photography
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A small weaving affixed to an interior window sits in front of a passing elevated train. The weaving is a lacey blue linen with an orange knit panel at the center. + Enlarge
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Through the Kitchen Window 01 2020 mohair yarn, linen yarn, digital photography mailto:Dorvillier.isabelle@gmail.com
A narrow rectangular weaving made with fluffy yarn has a knit shape of a little hill in the center. It is framed between two contrails on a blue sky. + Enlarge
Isabelle Dorvillier
Through the Kitchen Window 02 2020 mohair yarn, linen yarn, digital photography
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a blue weaving is encased in an orange knit arch, the textile is affixed to a window during a morning snowstorm, the snow stuck to the window mimics the shape of the arch. + Enlarge
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Through the Kitchen Window 03 2020 mohair yarn, linen yarn, digital photography
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The artist holds loosely knit four selvage weaving in front of her, it is roughly her height and somewhat obscures her body. She stands in front of a brick building beneath an exterior window to demonstrate the size of the weaving in comparison to her own + Enlarge
Isabelle Dorvillier
Window Weaving 01 2021 Cotton crochet thread, diluted Elmer’s glue, residential window, cap hooks, metal rods
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The weaving cascades down a residential indoor staircase with wooden railing, faux marble wall, and vinyl flooring. The weaving fits perfectly down the stairs because it was woven on a window that also matches the. + Enlarge
Isabelle Dorvillier
Window Weaving 02 2021 Cotton crochet thread, diluted Elmer’s glue, residential window, cap hooks, metal rods
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Window Weaving 03 The Cotton crochet thread, diluted Elmer’s glue, residential window, cap hooks, metal rods
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A collage on green logarithmic graph paper shows four red lines in a square extending into infinity, the top and bottom lines read “past” and “present” respectively, and the right and left lines read “waking” and “dreaming”. Ambiguous organic shapes in or + Enlarge
Isabelle Dorvillier
Ponderances 01 2020 Collage, digital photography
A photograph of a flock of pigeons sitting on the pole of a traffic light against a blue sky with two small, white clouds reads in pale blue sans serif text “What does love feel like without attachment to a person or object?” + Enlarge
Isabelle Dorvillier
Ponderances 02 2020 Collage, digital photography
A small lace-like weaving of a blue cross and white background seems to float above the shoreline of urban beach in winter. A woman wearing a gray coat stands on a jetty in the distance appears to be gazing at a lacey weaving of two white hills on a blue + Enlarge
Isabelle Dorvillier
Gazing at the End of the Earth 01 2021 mohair yarn, cashmere yarn, acrylic yarn, plexiglass, digital photography
A small lace-like weaving of a blue cross and white background seems to float above the shoreline of urban beach in winter. A woman wearing a gray coat stands on a jetty in the distance appears to be gazing at a lacey weaving of two white hills on a blue + Enlarge
Isabelle Dorvillier
Gazing at the End of the Earth 02 2021 mohair yarn, cashmere yarn, acrylic yarn, plexiglass, digital photography
An airy blue weaving hangs over a cemetery fence with pointed bars the weaving is pressed tightly against the fence creating a mysterious shadow of the iron bars. It is overcast and the trees above the fence are are bare. + Enlarge
Isabelle Dorvillier
Mount Olivet Fences 01 2021 Wool/acrylic blend yarn, digital photography
Headstones and green grass are visible in the background under the blue weaving weaving. The bars of the fence are coated green peeling paint. + Enlarge
Isabelle Dorvillier
Mount Olivet Fences 02 2021 Wool/acrylic blend yarn, digital photography
Statement

In the course of daily activities, moments appear that appear totally ordinary, but are indescribably exquisite. As observers, we are deeply affected by these experiences, though they are often difficult to convey to others. Occurrences of this sort, like interlacements, exist in between recognizable things, between observer and sky, between your home and the mailbox. In occupying an ambiguous space these objects open up new possibilities for habitation - an expansion of the experiential field.  

Weaving and walking both invite the physical presence of the practitioner without demanding their full mental attention. This does not hinder mindfulness but allows for the thoughts to wander and collect in the rhythm of shuttle passing through the shed, or of feet meeting ground. In this repetition, the internal and external worlds are transformed, a line string becomes a cloth, the linear path of footsteps becomes a map, embodied knowledge of our surroundings. The transformation of line into plane is magic, it is a revelation, and I feel called to share this joy of revelation with you. 

Fiber (BFA) Students
Abbey Franklin
Alex Adam
Beatrice Browne
Gabby Hemmer
Isabelle Dorvillier
Lily Wilkins
Lusi Cai
Morgan Betsill
Qinnan Zhu
Quincy Yang
Sienna Kwami
Yael Bloom

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