Aline Dargie is the Co-Founder and Curator of Make Hang. Aline makes weavings and sculptures every month in Make Hang’s textiles studio and woodshop, then hangs the latest and greatest in the storefront gallery space.
March 2-30, 2012:
Aline Dargie Weaves San Francisco’s Fog in:
“Air Warp: Swing and Weave” at Make Hang Gallery
Swing on swings rigged to rafters, or relax in an upcycled denim woven hammock. Enjoy “Air Warp” tea and weave with Aline on the loom: whether you are young or old, you may add your touch and color to the next weaving at Make Hang.
Inspired by sailing through ocean swell flooding through the Golden Gate Bridge, and San Francisco’s fog rolling over her hills, “Air Warp’s” driftwood-anchored silk and copper weavings are light and airy, swooping from the ceiling like fog, undulating as you float back and fourth on the swings and hammock.
Make Hang’s indoor art gallery playground will be in full swing March 15th, from 4 to 7pm, when Aline teaches a free, drop-in learn to weave class at her loom in Make Hang. This interactive installation will be on display at Make Hang until the Tie-Up closing party on Friday, March 23rd from 6 to 9pm.
Click here to see more of Aline’s weavings
weaving action shot
loom in gallery
thread board
aline weaving
loom backside in gallery
shuttles and purple warp
loom in gallery
close up weaving
loom by itself
aline and sticks telegraph hill
aline with silver leaf driftwood log
stick pink string and red sign
gold leaf high fashion stick mode
camoflauge charred lumber
silver and gold stick love
aline with gold leaf log with face
golden glowing sticks
red diamond and silver stick
purple stick in traffic cone
hands tying stick to pole
golden stick pink string red sign
Aline working in Make Hang’s wood shop
Above are images from my guerrilla public art around North Beach SF, Make Hang’s neighborhood. The images of the alley are taken right outside of Make Hang. The sticks are either fallen from trees or drifted in from the ocean to enter the city. The sticks are then gold/silver leafed, painted, carved, sanded, wrapped in string, and ‘Cultureitized’ in other ways, to represent cultural coverings like concrete, clothing and embellishment covering everything that enters or naturally exists the city. The sticks are then returned to natural trees or city trees, i.e. telephone poles and fences, and attached via string, in an act of weaving diverse cultural signifiers of North Beach together in her public spaces.
I combine disparate, gathered materials to create conceptual weavings in site-specific public locations. I weave local, layered, diverse communities together by ‘Cultureitizing’ fallen branches from windstorms in San Francisco, with gold leaf to bling, textiles to clothe, and paint to embellish. When ‘natural’ limbs fall on city sidewalks, they are widely perceived as problematic, out of their home, and become culturally abject: put in compost or the chipper. I gather the fallen sticks, as a metaphor for giving voice and care to cast off people in San Francisco, like nomads living on the street, or ‘immigrant’ sweatshop laborers. Then, I camouflage the sticks in cultural, man made materials, like how silver leaf creates a faux finish on home accessories made-in-China. Once the sticks are decked out, I immigrate them to trees in different neighborhoods and weave them on with upcycled yarn and rope, and urban bicycle locks.
For more projects and work by Aline, visit: AlineDargie.com
Photographs by Jamey Thomas, he has mad photography skills and is always in the neighborhood!
