Join us for an open studio on Friday May 30, featuring friends of TWM, The Warp Zone (TWZ)! The Warp Zone is the combined weaving work of Pando Speer and Dain Daller, based out of Abiqui New Mexico.
We’re delighted to have Dain here at the mill to share their practice ~ there will be an artist talk and slideshow about their work, and many fine wearable textiles on display and available for purchase. Per usual, TWM will be open for studio tours, chit-chatting, and shopping too.
Friday May 30, 6-8-m
1801 North Spaulding Ave, Chicago IL
Come on through the parking lot to the loading dock and come on in.
More about The Warp Zone:
Textiles have always been a passion of theirs, from hand made clothes to hand cobbled shoes. In 2009, they moved from Chicago to the desert of northern New Mexico, near Abiquiu. 4 years later, Pando and Dain found themselves in a beginning weaving class just 20 miles south of their desert home at the Española Valley Fiber Arts Center. Little did they know, their love of cloth and textiles had finally found had its true creative outlet. This introductory course set them on the weaving and artistic trajectory they have been on ever since. They have remained involved with their local non-profit fiber arts center as volunteers, teachers, and organizers; and now Dain is the President of the Board and Pando is the education coordinator, booking classes nearly every weekend of the year.
Soon after they learned to weave, Pando and Dain began exploring the resist dye technique known as ikat. Nearly all of their pieces utilize this technique in some way while incorporating complex multi-harness loom controlled patterns as well. It is this overlaying of multiple design elements and textures that lends a complexity and richness to their fine textiles.
They find inspiration for their weaving all around them: sometimes a color is all that is needed to inspire a whole piece, sometimes an idea of a weaving technique or experimenting with a weave structure will be the focal point around which a piece is created. They take inspiration for their color palettes and patterns from anything from the desert blooms found in the spring, to a broken sidewalk meeting a cracked wall. Often multiple elements and techniques are puzzled out and blended together to create the final textile. This creates the great depth and richness found in the Warp Zone textiles.
Dain and Amanda work side-by-side in their home studio in their off-grid home. Each individual project seems to inspire the next one’s project. Their work may not be directly linked, but this indirect link of inspiration is what creates the true depth, style, and beauty of their work.
IG: @warpzonee