Fabric to Flora

Works by Taylor Allison

January 9 - 20, 2024

Reception: Friday, January 12th | 6-8P

More About Taylor Allison

I am a textile visual artist and creative place maker, highly invested in creating community, reimagining place, practicing permaculture, and making accessible spaces. To connect with the public, I observe the local landscape and study native flora. Then I get to work, creating quilts, soft sculptures, and interactive installations. Stitching together my personal fascination with fabric and my intention to bring people together, I create stand alone pieces and also soft sculpture installations. This combines my desire to show the broad scope of possibilities that fabric can have, and also create opportunities for us to radically connect with each other, myself (the artist), and the earth.

Questions I am asking throughout my practice are:

How can we approach art?

Can we connect with art and each other directly, without judgment, full of curiosity and play?

Can we experience joy with gratitude, play with contemplation, and introspection with the mundane?

Can we learn about the earth, in a way that is transformative, grounding, and fun?

Can we reimagine plants?

Can plants that once appeared as inanimate objects and easy to overlook transform into living beings that can change our way of viewing the world at large?

How can fabric be transformed, highlighted, or used as a tool for touch?

Considering these questions and creating opportunities for these experiences are a way to make art sustainable both personally and publicly. Generosity, openness with strangers, and the stranger’s willingness to open up to the artist through the work, are all overarching themes of my practice.