Amy Usdin
Picnic at Dead Horse Bay (panels 01-05), 2022
animal and plant fibers on vintage fishing nets 94 x 72 x 78 inches, variable
"Picnic at Dead Horse Bay," needle-woven on fishing nets reminiscent of those made and mended for millennia, embodies the idea of revolving histories. Littered with remnants of lives disrupted by eminent domain, the bay provides a cautionary tale that the past resurfaces, sometimes unexpectedly, often consequentially.
Amy Usdin
Still and Again, 2023
cotton, linen, silk, viscose, and wool on vintage fishing nets 9 x 24 x 21 inches
Amy Usdin
Portrait of a Woman in Love, 2021
wool on vintage rope and canvas horse fly net 54 x 17 x 6 inches
Amy Usdin
Of Burden, 2022
cotton, wool, and recycled fibers on vintage rope horse fly nets with singletree, the wooden bar connecting horse to cart 38 x 46 x 90 inches
Amy Usdin
Withers, 2021
linen, silk, and wool on vintage rope horse fly nets 75 x 30 x 12 inches
Amy Usdin
Thoughts and Prayers, 2023
banana, cotton, hemp, nettle, and sisal on vintage horse fly nets 51 x 28 x 12 inches
Amy Usdin
And Through the Wood, 2021
cotton, hemp, leather, linen, and wool on leather horse fly nets with hames (part of horse collar) 90 x 56 x 17 inches
Amy Usdin
Eventide, 2024
animal and plant fibers on vintage fishing nets 72 X 26 X 15 inches
Eventide: somewhat archaic term for end of day—or end of days.
Amy Usdin
Anymore, 2020
cotton, linen, silk and wool on vintage rope and canvas horse fly nets 56 x 42 x 5.5 inches
Amy Usdin
Strand 03, 2021
silk and plant fibers on vintage fishing net 60 x 29 x 6 inches
Woven onto a worn fishing net similar to those made and mended for thousands of years, the Strand series holds double meaning. The word “strand” means the literal shore but also the thread that comprises each piece and holds it together—a metaphor for the themes that weave our past to our present.
