Reverse the Loom (Art House Project), 2025

Developed during an artist residency in Takamatsu, Reverse the Loom investigates the narrative and structural possibilities of weaving by interrupting the traditional linear process. The act of reversing the warp—re-threading it back into the loom—serves both as a technical innovation and a poetic metaphor. The woven section becomes a story already told, while the re-inserted warp suggests that time continues, and that memory is not fixed but constantly rewritten.

Rather than focusing on material refinement, this project emerged from constraints. I used cotton thread, wire, and paper string—materials sourced locally or improvised—to shift my attention from surface to structure. By manipulating warp and weft, adding new threads mid-process, and experimenting with reverse threading, I explored how weaving can move from flatness into sculptural dimension.

Reverse the loom embodies how past and present intertwine—how something once complete can be unmade and remade—and how textile language can carry memory, disruption, and renewal.