Artworks

31 x 46 1/2 in
78.7 x 118.1 cm

“There’s a map of Florence hidden in this piece,” says Ziek. Early in her teaching career, she took a group of six students on a summer trip to Florence to weave on historical, non-computerized jacquard looms at Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio. They also had the opportunity to work with Rubelli, one of the world’s finest silk mills, to design and produce weavings on a computerized jacquard loom. Florence Cross-Sections was the result of Ziek’s work with Rubelli. She explains, “The curving lines in this piece are diagrams of the weave structures that I used in this weaving, and then the fretwork is just based on my observations walking around Florence.”