RVA/BTV

Eric is a queer, interdisciplinary designer and fiber artist. They are particularly interested in the memory of materials and how textiles can be utilized as record keeping devices. With a deep focus on the making process, Eric creates objects meant to be used, loved, destroyed, and mended.  

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ERIC COUTURE

RVA/BTV


Eric is a queer, inderdisciplinary designer and fiber artist. They are particularly interested in the memory of materials and how textiles can be utilized as record keeping devices. With a deep focus on the making process, Eric creates objects meant to be used, loved, destroyed, and mended.  

︎︎︎ About
︎︎︎ Email
︎︎︎ Are.na

SELECTED WORK





RECORDING 1 (05/03-05/10)

Collaboratively woven cloth recording

18” x 110”


May 2024

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RECORDING INTERFACE FOR PAIR OF WEAVERS

Hand built tandem floor loom

56” x 60” x 52”

May 2024

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GRID SCARF

Handwoven wool scarf

17” x 7.5’

January 2024

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PROCESS CLOTH 2 (FOR POSSUM)

Hand processed, spun, and dyed wool scarf

16” x 8’

December 2023

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WICK TABLE

Oak coffee table with drawer and tablet-woven drawer pull

40” x 20” x 17”

December 2023

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PROCESS CLOTH 1

Handspun and woven wool scarf

15” x 7’

November 2023

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April 2023

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GIVE/RECIEVE

Two cotton and wool handwoven bandanas

22” x 22”


April 2023

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QUEER TIME (... AND I HAVE SURROUNDED MYSELF WITH IT)

Hand-tied, machine-pieced, cotton quilt

6’ x 6’

December 2022

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QUEER TIME (QUEERNESS IS AN INFINITE LIQUID)

Wire-bound book, laser printed

5” x 7”, 90p.

December 2022

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QUEER TIME (ASYMPTOTES OF ARTICULATION)

Risographed foldable zine

11x17 (unfolded), 2.75” x 4.25” (folded)
October 2022

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A SCARF FOR ME

Naturally-dyed, hand-woven wool

14” x 7’
November 2022

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COLOR CHARTS 1-5

Hand dyed and woven cotton, risograph color charts

9” x 9” (top and bottom weavings), 18” x 18” (center weaving)
October 2022

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WORLDS IRL

Guerrilla installation comprised of printed posters, risographed stickers, and cut and sewn banners

8.5” x 11” (posters), 5.75” x 4.5” (stickers), 15’ x 8’ (banners)
May 2022

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WORLDS (ALTERNATE REALITIES AND WHY WE MAKE THEM)

Spiral-bound book, mechanical pencil, flash drive, modified casette, binder clips, linen cord

8.5” x 11” (overall), Dimensions Vary (inserts)
March 2022

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I’VE REALIZED I’VE BECOME A CREATURE OF HABIT.

Wire-bound book, printed on translucent vellum and white cardstock

5.75” x 8.5”, 38p.
March 2022

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handmade-web.club

Public linux server, HTML/CSS, Other users


July 2022

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BREAD IN MY MOUTH

Coptic-bound hardcover book, various media

8.5” x 11”, 288p.


May 2022

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A QUEER JOY ARCHIVE

HTML/CSS, scanned objects

December 2021

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© 2024 E. Couture