Meghan Spielman
Repetitive Nature
The small moments of variation within repetition.
Bozeman, 2025
Repetitive Nature reflects two intertwined ideas: the repetitive act of weaving and our instinct to seek order in the natural world.
Through detailed weaving techniques, I translate the vastness of landscapes — such as valleys and plains — into intricate patterns. Expansive color fields and highly tactile surfaces are built from small-scale geometric structures, reflecting both the meticulous process of weaving and recurring forms found in nature. A sprawling field may be comprised of countless individual blades of grass, each a slightly different shade of green. I am interested in the small moments of variation within repetition.
Celebrate the ordered grid — and find moments of organic deviation.Weaving comes with many boundaries — the limitations of the loom, the way materials behave, and mathematics, to list a few — but this is what I love about it. Within this framework, I aim to both celebrate the ordered nature of the woven grid, while also finding moments of organic deviation. The works invite a reflection upon the inherent satisfaction of patterns, and also our desires to break them.
Installation views
Abstract imagery, methodically built.
Meghan Spielman is a textile artist based in Bozeman, Montana, working on a 32-harness computerized dobby loom. Her weavings translate expansive Western landscapes into intricate abstract patterns built from tactile material contrasts — silk bouclé, brushed mohair, glass seed beads, chenille, and wool. The imagery is methodically constructed, not applied: each color field and surface texture emerges directly from the structure of the weave itself.
Born and raised in Billings, Spielman lived in New York for several years working as both an artist and a textile designer and colorist for the interior market. She holds a BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design (2013) and a Master's in Woven Textiles from the Royal College of Art in London (2017). Her work honors the long history of female craft labor, referencing historical American quilt and coverlet patterns as visual codes of time, place, and maker. She has exhibited in the US, UK, Canada, France, and Australia.