‘Interlaced (2024)' is a moving image sculpture inspired by the histories of New England's former textile mills. Reflecting on its industrial foundations and their impact on manufacturing, craft, labor, and early American identity, this work delves into these narratives through animation and shadowplay.

Drawing connections between weaving and barrier-grid animation—two structurally and conceptually linked systems that manipulate pattern, time, and perception through layered grids—the sculpture explores how both mediums create meaning through interference and sequence. In weaving, interlaced threads encode visual information row by row, while in barrier-grid animation, frames emerge through the motion of striped overlays, revealing time-based images. By merging these logics, the sculpture becomes a site where craft meets illusion, and tactile structure meets cinematic movement. These illusions draw on motifs of water, steam, and textile patterns to evoke its factory setting.

Designed with a modular aspect, the building card format enable viewers to create their own variations of the narrative, fostering a personal connection to the historical themes.

This project was completed in residency at The Factory on Willow - Manchester, NH.

INTERLACED (2024)