Birdsong-Inspired Works
The Inspiration
I love to get out to enjoy nature, especially when I am hiking. Seeing and hearing birds is one of my favorite things about being out on the trail Through the Cornell Labs Merlin App, I recognized that some of the patterns of bird-song soundwaves look remarkably like weaving drafts.
Photo courtesy of Cindi Myers
Kestrel Song
The sound waves of the bird call.
Using the sound patterns, I designed a unique threading arrangement to put on the loom. I used the colors of the bird's plumage to compose the graphical pattern in the weaving structure.
Detail of cotton placemats woven in the Kestrel song pattern and colors