9 x 9: Contemporary Quilts & Containers installation view
Fafnir Adamites’ material explorations are the starting point for all of their work and plays a key role in building the conceptual backing of each piece.
Fafnir Adamites (they/them) holds an MFA degree from the Fiber and Material Studies Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in Photography and Women’s Studies from UMass Amherst. Fafnir is currently Assistant Professor in the Fiber Area at California State University, Long Beach and has taught workshops and intensives at Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program and Women’s Studio Workshop. They show work nationally and have received a number of grants to support their exhibitions and studio practice. Fafnir has been awarded residencies at MASS MoCA, Women’s Studio Workshop and Vermont Studio Center.
Fafnir also curates contemporary fiber work such as the exhibit Displacing Structures at Angels Gate Cultural Center Art Gallery in Spring 2024 and juries exhibits such as the Morgan Conservatory’s 12th annual juried exhibition New Terrain Spring 2024.
Fafnir is a Board Member and Co-Chair of the Surface Design Association and a member of the Textile Society of America and North American Hand Papermakers.
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The Tension Series is an ongoing collection of reed forms that are constructed with wire, twining, plain weave and chaos weaving. These forms start in an improvisational way, connection after connection until an interior and exterior is created. They do not begin logically or efficiently and occasionally succumb to the weight of the reeds. The pressure of the woven materials against each other supports and constricts simultaneously.
You, Me and Us is a trio of interlocked forms, all interdependent, made using a chaos weaving technique. They hold but reveal everything that they contain. Individually, they would not stand, but together they find balance. Basket weaving is a process of maintenance and reaction and can lead to growth and stability when all elements are thoughtfully considered.
My Presence is Necessary leans in a corner of the gallery; a permeable monument made of ephemeral materials. Unlike a monument made to last, this pliable form requires tending and attention. It was made with a combination of basketry techniques which require manipulation, tension and repetition to hold its shape. The physicality of the intertwining and wrapping is an act of care.
