“Plants as guides communicate that all is interrelated, and that being within this wholeness, it is crucial to remember who we are and our place within the whole. Likewise, weaving textiles and their iconographies is a way to remember...” Sabina Aguilera

Drawing inspiration from the woven language of Anni Albers and Shelia Hicks while exploring indigenous ontologies, guided me in weaving a conversation with trees. A visual and tactile study made alongside my sound research, Listening With Trees. 

Contrasting the planned nature of weaving there was room for uncertainty — each row revealing the conversation one stitch at a time. The reverse side of the weaving reveals the many threads, a sort of mycelial and conversational residue. The process called forth concepts from Haraway’s messy contingencies, Tsing’s patches and assemblages, and Shannon’s uncertainty.