Library of Misheard Words
Machine cut and 3D printed representations of word waveforms are mechanically covered by threads. Each waveform is a word that is repeatedly misheard by the artist. The act of winding the threads over the word replicates the cognitive muffling occurring somewhere in the artist’s neurology.
I consider this a work with no end, the materials will change, the shapes will morph, and the library will grow.
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collaboration - From the Library of Misheard Words. 2025. grey and purple 3D print of a waveform wound with rayon embroidery thread in green and purple.
amend - From the Library of Misheard Words. 2025. 3D print of a waveform wound with rayon embroidery thread in yellow.
sorted or sorting - From the Library of Misheard Words. 2025. 3D printed waveform wound with rayon embroidery threads in pink, orange, and green.
Photo from Instagram reel. I re-wound the sorted/sorting waveform and talked about the conceptual meaning of the winding.
Instagram post of 3D printed waveform. Erika Jean holds the waveform for the word sorted or sorting - she can never remember this one.
Instagram post of 3D printed waveform. Erika Jean spins the waveform and watches the light bounce off the sparkle filament.
Downstairs - baltic birch plywood, pva, machine embrodery thread. Wound 2023 with Neural KNot installation at The Hole, NYC.
Downstairs - detail.
Curative. wood, paper, machine embroidery thread, paint. wound during Neural KNot. at the Buhler Gallery 2021. WPG.