Photo credit: Benjamin Weinberg
Emily Robison
Craft Research Fund—Artist Fellowship
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2023
Grant Recipient
Emily Robison is a textile artist whose work incorporates place and cultural experience. Building upon their work with byssus fiber, a textile fiber produced by clams and traditionally used throughout the Mediterranean, Robison will research 18th and 19th century published descriptions of byssus production and the feasibility of adapting these techniques to North American pen clams.
Location
Vega Alta, PR
EDUCATION
MEDIUM
MATERIAL EXPLORATION
Grant amount
$10,000
Selected works
The shells of a species of pen clam that produce fiber in the Americas. Photo credit: Benjamin Weinberg
Raw clam fiber. Photo credit: Benjamin Weinberg
American sea silk thread, handspun by me. Photo credit: Benjamin Weinberg
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