Artist Statement
Illumination of time
Again and again I am drawn to one prevailing image—the illumination of a moment in time. I can find it in many places in nature: crumbled seashells pressed to stone, an old fallen stonewall in my backyard, a footprint of a dinosaur, petrified wood or lava rock with smoothed edges by a stream.
And how can I illuminate this event, this moment? How can I illuminate a seemingly insignificant moment in time? Weaving lends itself to highlight time. Each tread I carefully lay down in weaving represents a moment in time. As time passes, cloth grows. As we perceive time in linear fashion, weaving is a linear process. where cloth grows slowly under my fingers.
As I look closely at my environment in my daily life, I want to magnify detail in my work. As I pay attention to seemingly unimportant things around me, I want to pay attention to seemingly unimportant detail in my work.
Again and again I am drawn to one prevailing image—the illumination of a moment in time. I can find it in many places in nature: crumbled seashells pressed to stone, an old fallen stonewall in my backyard, a footprint of a dinosaur, petrified wood or lava rock with smoothed edges by a stream.
And how can I illuminate this event, this moment? How can I illuminate a seemingly insignificant moment in time? Weaving lends itself to highlight time. Each tread I carefully lay down in weaving represents a moment in time. As time passes, cloth grows. As we perceive time in linear fashion, weaving is a linear process. where cloth grows slowly under my fingers.
As I look closely at my environment in my daily life, I want to magnify detail in my work. As I pay attention to seemingly unimportant things around me, I want to pay attention to seemingly unimportant detail in my work.
Resume
Nina Jacobs
121 NE 17th Street, Delray Beach, Fl 33444
561-305-1591
digitaljacqart@gmail.com
| 1999–current | Owner, Digital Jacq-ART, a computer aided jacquard weaving business involved in:
Commissions
Interior design
Industry sampling
Private Lessons
Equipment Rental
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| 2007–2010 | Weaving Technician, Capilano College, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Supportive position for the technical aspects of the Textile Department
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| 1999–2003 | Technical Support and Representative for digital jacquard loom in the US and Canada, Digital Weaving Norway | |
| 1993–2002 | Teaching Experience
credit, non-credit classes and workshops in textiles
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| 1991 |
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| 1985–87 |
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| 1985 |
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| 1984 |
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| 1990 |
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| 1995 |
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| 1992 |
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| 1991 |
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