Equilibrio
Collaborative Installation:
Carolyn Kallenborn and Tito Mendoza
Hand-woven tapestry, beading, embroidery and embellishment. Wool, silk, cotton, beads, glass, sand, metal, hand-dyed fabrics, stones, found objects

Carolyn Kallenborn
Tapestry woven, painted, stitched
Cotton, wool, tencel rayon, glass, dyed cord, found objects
Designed, dyed and embellished by Carolyn Kallenborn
Woven by Erasto ¨Tito¨ Mendoza Ruiz
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Tejido, pintado, teñido, elaborado
Algodón, lana, tencel rayon, tela metálico, vidrio, cable teñido, objetos encontrados
Diseño y teñido y elaboración por Carolyn Kallenborn
Tejido por Erasto ¨Tito¨ Mendoza Ruiz

Edgewood College Gallery
September - November 2014

Sound, light and video projections onto hand made fabrics

Carolyn Kallenborn

Tapestry woven, painted, stitched, hand-dyed
Cotton, wool, silk, milagros, beads, cord

Designed, dyed and embellished by Carolyn Kallenborn
Woven by Erasto ¨Tito¨ Mendoza Ruiz

Tejido, pintado, teñido y elaborado
Algodón, lana, seda, milagros, chaquiras, cable

Diseño y teñido y elaboración por Carolyn Kallenborn
Tejido por Erasto ¨Tito¨ Mendoza Ruiz

Carolyn Kallenborn

Altar box for my great Aunts

Carolyn Kallenborn

Tapestry woven, painted, stitched
Cotton, wool, tencel rayon, metallic thread, beads, buttons
Designed, dyed and embellished by Carolyn Kallenborn
Woven by Erasto ¨Tito¨ Mendoza Ruiz

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Tejido, pintado, teñido, elaborado
Algodón, lana, seda, hilo metálico, tela metálica, concha, chaquiras
Diseño y teñido y elaboración por Carolyn Kallenborn
Tejido por Erasto ¨Tito¨ Mendoza Ruiz

Carolyn Kallenborn

Fly shuttle weaving, hand-dyed, stitched
Tencel rayon, ribbon, flower petals, rocks painted with cochineal

Designed, dyed and knotted by Carolyn Kallenborn
Woven by Rodrigo Hernandez Quero
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Tejido, teñido y anudado
Tencel rayón, cinta, pétalos de tela, piedras pintado con cochinilla

Diseño y teñido y elaboración por Carolyn Kallenborn
Tejido por Rodrigo Hernández Quero

Carolyn Kallenborn

Oaxacan silk, Oaxaca market cloth, commercial linen, basket reed, traditional masks, jute

Silk weaving
Designed by Carolyn Kallenborn
Spun, woven and dyed by Moises Martinez Velasco

Cotton and Linen
Purchased Oaxacan market fabric
Dyed and stitched by Carolyn Kallenborn

Mannequins
Designed by Carolyn Kallenborn
Woven by Carlos Bernardino

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Hilado y tejido de mano, descarga de tinta, bordado
Seda de Oaxaca, tela del mercado oaxaqueño, tela comercial, carrizo,

Carolyn Kallenborn

Woven, dyed and knotted
Cotton, tencel rayon, backstrap loom tools

Designed, dyed and knotted by Carolyn Kallenborn
Woven by Abigail Mendoza

Tejido, teñido y anudado
Algodón, tencel rayon, herimientos de telar de cintura
Diseño y teñido y elaboración por Carolyn Kallenborn
Tejido por Erasto Abigail Mendoza

Hand embroidery, macramé. Stitched, knotted
Commercial fabric, basket reed, wool, linen, flower petals

Designed and knotted by Carolyn Kallenborn
Embroidery by Sodel Rodriguez

Macramé
Made by Gildardo Hernandez Quero
Dyed by Carolyn Kallenborn

Mannequin
Designed by Carolyn Kallenborn
Woven by Carlos Bernardino

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Bordado de mano, macramé, cosido, anudado
Tela comercial, carrizo, lana, lino, pétalos de tela

Diseño y elaboración por Carolyn Kallenborn
Bordado por Sodel Rodriguez

Carolyn Kallenborn

"They have to accept how it is there because there is not much work here. One has to endure, there is no other way."

Design Gallery University of Wisconsin-Madison

Carolyn Kallenborn

Discharge and indigo dyeing, stitching

Cloth from Oaxacan market, broken mirrors, beads, ribbon, flower petals, cord
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Descarga de tinta, índigo, elaborado

Tela del mercado oaxaqueño, espejos, chaquiras, cinta, pétalos de tela, cable

Hand dyed metallic silk, found objects

In the last few years I have watched events unfold in my life and in the world that have somehow created so much tension that it feels as if everything is tearing at the seams and is at the verge of breaking. I feel helpless and overwhelmed. When so much of life is filled with aggression, fear and defensiveness, what can a person do, either in their personal life or in the broader societal context to change anything?