New Handwoven Textiles by Debbie Barrett-Jones
January 5 - March 31, 2015
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Road Kansas City, MO 64110
January 5 - March 31, 2015
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Road Kansas City, MO 64110
New handwoven work created by textile artist Debbie Barrett-Jones of Kansas City is now up, filling the walls of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Conference Center. View Barrett-Jones work now through March 31, 2015.
******And mark you calendar for a "Lunch and Learn" Feb. 17 11:30-12:30. An hour long artist talk over the lunch hour. (Please feel free to bring your own lunch.) Located in the Brookside Room. ********
About
Weaving is an art that emphasizes process. Each piece represents the tension between control and happenstance during the process. From the start of a project – drawing out the plans, drafting the pattern, dyeing yarn using a color-mixing and percentage-gradation process –Barrett-Jones’ woven panels reveal not only the communication that passes between one color thread intersecting another, but shows the range of control in both the complete and deconstructed. Barrett-Jones’ ultimate goal is to let the viewer see not just the complete, clean finished project but give the viewer a glimpse of the pre-weaving process, much of which can be painstakingly tedious. However, this attention to detail is equally essential to the actual work on the loom.
Bio
Debbie Barrett-Jones and her husband, Brandon, left their small town in Iowa so Debbie could pursue an education at the Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI). Since graduating from KCAI with a B.F.A. in Textiles, Debbie Barrett-Jones has exhibited her work throughout the United States. Along with weaving large-scale pieces for homes, businesses, and sanctuaries (including three-panel commission at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Truman Medical Center and one six-panel commission for a church designed by Frank Lloyd Wright); she also creates small, intimate pieces such as scarves and shawls. With each weaving, careful consideration goes into color, composition and material. Because color is such an inspiration, Debbie uses carefully calculated hand-dyes on all her fabrics.
Most pieces employ the process of color mixing and percentage-gradation dyeing. Each woven panel reveals the beautiful communication that passes between one color thread intersecting another. Her panels comprised vibrating colors and elegant patterns, narratives in flux according to one’s proximity to each piece.
Currently Barrett-Jones continues to live in Kansas City with her husband and two young daughters. Working from her studio at home and daily trying to find the balance between motherhood and being an artist is both the hardest thing she has done, yet most fulfilling. She would have it no other way, cherishing her time in the studio.
Artist Contact Information
Website: www.DebbieBarrettJones.com
Email: DebbieBarrettJones@gmail.c
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