Interview with Caitlin McCormack

Watch our video interview with one of the recipients of the P.S. We Love Our Members Grant, Caitlin McCormack:

Caitlin McCormack is a Philadelphia-based textile artist who works primarily with crocheted cotton thread, which is stiffened with glue and positioned to resemble osteological specimens. These works convey McCormack’s thoughts regarding the way memories become distorted with the passing of time. With the addition of vintage fabrics and found objects, the sculptures build upon a very personal taxonomy of creatures symbolizing the artist's memories and experiences, and allow her to explore the ways that craft intersects with gender, the navigation of trauma, and the relationship between cloth and living, organic forms.

When asked about her passions McCormack says this:

"I'm passionate about the process of making art, or creating anything in general. A loaf of bread, a ceramic vessel, a well-tilled patch of earth. Systems that allow organs to function within a tiny animal's body. These thing are sort of all the same. I can't tell you how essential it is to my ability to proceed forward in my life - with the incredibly flawed brain that I have - to be able to use my hands to dye cotton string with pigments derived from the earth, and to dredge the material in slime and watch it harden, so that I can eventually shape it into any form I wish. There's nothing like it, and it's so enjoyable (and can be so painful). You are artists, so obviously you understand. It's just an amazing thing."

Caitlin's Artist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mister_cait...

Caitlin's Artist Website: https://www.caitlintmccormack.com/