David van Buskirk

As a weaver, I am always in collaboration with a loom.  It is as important to me as the materials my hands work with.  The looms can be as complicated as an industrial jacquard or as simple as a weighted warp, a loom invented in the stone age.  Whether complex or simple, weaving requires a mechanism to create warp and weft, the structure on which my art is made. 

The warp and weft create a rigorous grid for me to work with.  This grid provides the structure for exploring color, pattern and texture.  This is exacting but often intuitive.  There occurs a playful cooperation between the elements of rigor and organic spontaneity in my work.  These contradictory elements collaborate to create works of beauty, decoration and meaning.