Mordant explores the intersections of food, color, and textiles as they differ across culture and space in a series of interactive dinner experiences. The menu is prepared by me or in collaboration with local chefs and served upon a tablecloth I wove by hand or in collaboration with local weavers. We use local ingredients and local fibers.
The meal is served in such a way that the food inevitably meets the cloth, demonstrating the color and dye potential of the ingredients cooked with the fibers woven. Prepared to leave lasting marks, I translate each dinner into a canvas which then becomes an homage to the ingredients, fibers, and persons of a particular evening and place.
Mordant was iterated in New York (USA), Sofia (Bulgaria), Cincu (Romania), and Frederick (USA).
Special Thanks to: Kristin Kremers, Marlene Stanciu and Kraft Made, Zayaan Kahn, Abigail Doan, Florica Zaharia, Second House, Wynne Noble, New York Textile Month, Blue Birds, World of Co, Frederick Arts Council, Dierdre Shea, Textile Arts Center, Museum of Arts and Design, Frederick Arts Council, The Wine Kitchen
