Alayna Rasile-Digrindakis + Rachael Mayer
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The feminist histories inherent in fiber arts.
Bozeman, 2020
This fiber artist show was originally conceived upon a re-investigation of the feminist histories inherent in fiber arts — discussing process-based art as it relates to our two contemporary women fiber artists of the West. Both artists come from backgrounds rooted in our western landscapes.
We humans must reassess the constructs that we have relied upon.The level of our species' impact is far more advanced and detrimental to our planet and its inhabitants than any other life form that coexists with us today. Both artists reveal, through their process — slow dyeing in plant pigments, hand-quilting, gathering and binding — that we must reassess the constructs we have relied upon. The show opened in March 2020, just as the world shut down; its meditations on patience, repair and interdependence landed differently than anyone had planned.
Installation views
Two fiber practices, rooted in Western landscapes.
Alayna Rasile-Digrindakis works in naturally dyed cotton and linen, plant pigments, milkweed and gathered seed — slow material processes that hold time in cloth. Rachael Mayer hand-dyes, quilts and constructs in cotton, indigo and eco felt, building geometric forms and room-scale soft architecture.
Rasile-Digrindakis returned to Echo Arts in 2025 with the solo exhibition A Slow Garden.