I was selected to be the 2024 Pierre Lassonde Artist-in-Residence at the school of fine arts at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. I stayed in Sackville from January to July 2024. During this time I developed a new body of work I call “draweaves” using adhesive tape-an innovative medium-and an invented method. These adhesive tape draweaves exist somewhere between drawings and weavings as exist as standalone works and as works in space on walls and floors.

During my residency, I was curious what adhesive tape could and couldn’t do. Could tape being such a modern, industrial material bring a new understanding forward of textile crafts that have been meticulously developed over hundreds, even thousands of years? Could I explore both representation and abstraction with tape inspired by both Indian textile and the abstract geometry of weavers like Anni Albers? I developed several methods of working with tape and I continue to take this exploration forward now that the residency is complete.