A collaborative project with Intertwine Arts and their partner organisation The Institute of Human Applied Dynamics (IAHD)
New York, 2023
This collective publication co-created with Intertwine Arts weaving artists, shares an inclusive insight into the diverse creative processes, experiences and social impact of Intertwine Arts weaving programs whilst creatively reusing waste materials. Sharing inclusive perspectives and creative processes from artists with intellectual and development disabilities weaving program at The Institute of Human Applied Dynamics (IAHD) day rehabilitation centre in the Bronx, New York. The Intertwine Arts weaving programs offer a supportive and welcoming environment that fosters inclusive craft community and a space for people of all abilities to connect, learn and enjoy the creative freedom and therapeutic benefits of weaving that creates positive impact in many different ways. The artists have creatively experimented weaving with a variety of waste materials sourced from recycling centres Material for the Arts and Fabscrap whilst exploring the aesthetic and sensory benefits different materials, textures and colours can bring into their creative process and weaving experience.
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Jennifer + Kenny
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Jennifer
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Kenny
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Jennifer, Kenny + Sara
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Beatrice
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Beatrice
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Beatrice
Beatrice, weaving artist on the Intertwine Arts weaving program at IAHD
“I like weaving. It makes me feel good about myself. I like that I’m learning and I like to make things. I can make them for my niece or sister or sell them in a store to make money. And I could open my own business. ”
Weekly Yarn Library
Recording participants’ artistic design choices of weaving yarn, visualised in swatches of materiality and colour. The program artists were introduced to a range of waste materials including foil balloons, lace, ribbons and fabric samples saved from the garment industry in New York via recycling company Fab Scrap.
