| “I’m really passionate and interested in this
idea of what it means to take hand craft and to put it into a contemporary art
context,” says Sabrina Gschwandtner. KnitKnit tells the stories of
twenty-six men and women (and one group!) in the forefront of contemporary knitting:
Lisa Anne Auerbach, Anna Bell, Isabel Berglund, Risto Bimbiloski, Wenlan Chia,
Dave Cole, Liz Collins, Jim Drain, Teva Durham, Norah Gaughan, David Gentzsch,
Aimee Hagerty Johnson, Joelle Hoverson, Erika Knight, Knitta, Catherine Lowe,
Bridget Marrin, Tina Marrin, Rachel Matthews, Cat Mazza, Mandy McIntosh, Althea
Merback, Annie Modesitt, Debbie New, Eugene Ong, Freddie Robbins and Beryl Tsang.
About the author:
Sabrina Gschwandtner is a New York City based artist who works with film,
video, photography, performance, sewing, crochet and knitting. She has a BA from
Brown University, and an MFA from Bard College. In 2002, Sabrina founded KnitKnit,
a limited edition arts journal dedicated to the intersection of fine art and handcraft.
She has curated numerous exhibitions including: "The Handmade Goes Digital,"
at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, and "the Workmanship of Risk,"
at St. Lawrence University. Sabrina's writing has appeared in Rowan, Interweave
Knits, Fiberarts and Cabinet magazines.
What people are saying about KnitKnit:
“…readers are guaranteed to be inspired, no matter where their
interests lie.” (HC edition) - American Craft magazine
“KnitKnit gets across that knitting has power as a social force and a
political one, but no one represented here forgets that most importantly of all
knitting is beautiful.” (HC ed.) - Crafts magazine
“All the profiles are interesting reading, especially finding out where
knitting became a part of these people’s lives.” (HC ed.) -
Knit Today magazine
ISBN 978-0-9796073-7-0
Abridged, 3 CDs, approx. 4 hrs
$29.95
An audio book from Knitting Out Loud.
Available July 2008
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