Portfolio
“Like Zen poetry, fragile weavings of silk and other ultra fine threads expand in time yet are often contained within frames. They hover in quietude as well as tension as they are pinched by burrs or other natural spines . . . Vicki Essig’s weavings breathe a hushed spirituality. Most are small contained treasures, objects of meditation . . .all contain elements from nature and are deeply poetic.”
Titmouse | Audubon and Me Series
Handwoven silk, stainless steel and antique text with cyanotype, 22 x 8 x 2”
Sedges and Grasses
Handwoven silk, stainless steel, sedges, grass and antique manuscript, 9 x 12 x 2”
Milkweed
Handwoven silk, stainless steel and milkweed with antique manuscript, 11 x 9 x 2”
Untitled
Handmade paper with blooms, 11 x 9 x 2"
Nature Study 6
Handwoven silk, stainless steel with poppy, snake, guinea hen and antique ledger, 11 x 9 x 2"
Laughing in Tasmania
Handwoven silk, stainless steel and kozo with eucalyptus, 11 x 9 x 2”
Nature Studies 5
Handwoven silk and brass with maple, envelope, thistle and rope, 11 x 9 x 2”
June
Handwoven silk, stainless steel and kozo with rhododendron, 11 x 9 x 2”
Only You
handwoven silk, brass, and kozo with maple, 11 x 9 x 2"
Vireo | Audobon and Me Series
Handwoven silk, stainless steel and antique text with cyanotype, 22 x 8 x 2”
Handwoven silk and antique text with handmade paper and hydrangea, 11 x 9 x 2”
Nature Studies 11
Handwoven silk and brass with poppy, bamboo, kanji and crocosmia, 11 x 9 x 2”
Handwoven silk, and brass with handbound book, toothache grass, skeletonized leaf, flax and palm inflorescence, 23 x 18 x 2”
Wander
Handwoven silk, brass and antique text with grasses, sedges and moth, 23 x 18 x 2”
Untitled
Handwoven silk, stainless steel and little blue stem with antique text box
Nature Study I
Handwoven silk, stainless steel with Spanish moss, shell, grass leaved rush and antique index
"Luna Captured"
Handwoven silk, stainless steel with luna moth and antique text
Memento Mori
Silk dress, constructed by silkworms
Some Pig
Silkworm spun yardage, 220" x 24"
Sedges and Grasses
Handwoven silk, stainless steel, sedges, grass and antique manuscript, 9 x 12 x 2”
Pulse
Handwoven silk and stainless steel with pods and seeds, 23" x 18 x 2"
Literate Poppy
Handwoven silk, stainless steel and antique text with handbound book and poppies
Handwoven silk, stainless steel with maple seed, 8 x 12 x 2”
Handwoven silk, mica, antique french dictionary and stainless steel, sizes vary
Handwoven silk, mica, antique french dictionary and stainless steel, sizes vary
Sycamore Basket
Handwoven silk, brass and horsehair with sycamore, 25 x 6 x 3”
Serpentine Edition
Handwoven silk, brass and book with snake and iron stand, 22 x 4 x 4”
School of Nails
Handwoven silk and horsehair with nails, 28 x 13 x 2”
Skipping Stone
Handwoven silk, brass and kozo with longleaf pine and stone, 9 x 9 x 7”
Handwoven silk and antique text with handmade paper and twigs, 11 x 9 x 2”