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Holiday Wreath

2007

Knitted plastic grocery bags, straw

2’ x 2’ x 8”

As part of the group exhibition Recycling Holidays as curated by Narine Kchikian at Paramount Gallery, Ferndale MI

Front view

This was my third and last foray into oversized knitting using cut up & tied together used plastic grocery bags. For this version I used a garter stitch and simple stripes of brown and white. I use knitting with grocery bags as a medium to tap into typologies of domesticity and consumerism, signifiers or triggers of cultural memories and stories. All are thoughts I have when thinking about Christmas time in the U.S.

— Andy T

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Side view

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