Created as part of the participation in the Incubator Program for Young Artists and Designer.

I have assembled a carpet out of copper, iron and brass remnants that I collected from print workshops across the country, in a labor-intensive, manual act borrowed from the field of textiles I am used to working in. In their previous incarnation, the metal pieces were etching plates, saved because of the difficulty in disposing of them for reasons of copyright. These “marginal” materials, which have ”mileage” in the world and are imprinted with the touch of other artists’ hands, have decayed over time and carry remnants hinting at their previous lives. I collect and manipulate them, leaving my own imprint on them, imparting yet another life to them.
During the last year, I researched in depth the connection between textiles and rust. I embedded iron into the fabrics I wove and used rust as a source of color on top of the textile. Metal is a significant part of the creation process, but it is separated from the fabric and is not present in the final product. In this work, I sought to turn things around—to make the metal present and assimilate the qualities of textile into it. The textile is appropriated from its function as a useful raw material and is manifested in the techniques I used to create the rug. Beyond the merit that lies in repurposing an existing material, the rug expresses the beauty of the discarded material and gives it an opportunity for reconsideration.