ERIC
COUTURE

RVA/BTV

Eric is a queer, inderdisciplinary designer and fiber artist. They have a particular interest in the process, and explore themes of queer survival, self-sustenance, and decoupling from capitalist mode of production through their work. They make objects meant to be used, to be interacted with, 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 archives for stories and histories. With a deep focus on the making process, eric creates objects meant to be used, loved, destroyed, and mended.

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PROCESS CLOTH 1

November 2023

Hand-spun and dyed wool

15” x 7’

Made as an exploration into the start to finish creation of cloth, this is a piece of weaving made from entirely handspun yarn. It exists mostly as a technical sample, but also stands as an exploration to the memories and stories that objects can come to hold as a result of their creation process.

Technical information:
Warp/Weft: handspun 2-ply cheviot wool
Sett: 12epi
2/2 twill

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