The Tiger

Summer and winter handwoven, rug cotton, wool, cutch, weld, Osage orange, madder, and time. 8 X 8 feet. May 2019. Penland School of Craft, NC.

Vegan tiger skin rug, no animals were harmed in the making of this rug!

Paired with “A Net To Hold,” Sisal rope, madder, sandalwood, time. March 2019. Penland School of Craft, NC.

‘Upena (the net) represents all the stars in the night sky, because in Hawai’i fishing is done at night.

Featured in my solo show PENELOPE at the Rump Gallery of Richmond, VA in 2019, and in Foot Fault Exhibition at Richmond, VA in 2022.

Photos by Kim Peters at Rump Gallery.