Emily Hunt

Artist Statement

My work is driven by the need to feel supported and the need to support others. To me there is a lot in common between a weaving and a building. Both are complex structures that are made to hold and protect us. I use lines as a metaphor and repetition as a tool. With these I link my own life to materials and processes. The loom acts as a second body that holds the tension of these lines allowing me to examine how they overlap and connect to create depth, weight, and form. On the loom, I am able to visualize personal landscapes within a larger timeline. I'm interested in the ways we give and take, how a structure can reflect meaning, and what it means to be grounded. We breathe in, take time for ourselves, and see each little complexity in full detail, then breathe out and acknowledge that we make up a much larger whole that cannot exist without all of us. I seek to create a visual of these two ideas that to me exemplify what it means to be human.