Artworks

61 x 14 1/2 in
154.9 x 36.8 cm

A rare self-portrait in Ziek’s oeuvre, this woven “collage” chronicles her time as a graduate student at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in the late 1980s. The imagery includes a depiction of Ziek at her backstrap loom, handwritten class notes, and historical textile patterns. The figures running up the left edge of the composition are inspired by Cranbrook’s iconic Orpheus fountain, which reminded Ziek of a similar fountain at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in her hometown of New York City.