Weaving, for Kathie Halfin, is an act of reclamation—a way to subvert the histories that have long confined this practice as craft, and quietly dismissed it from dominant narratives of art. Guided by dreams, rooted in the earth, and in deep relationship with plants, she approaches weaving as a practice that binds together body, spirit, and land. 

 

Weaving is a form of dreaming with the plants—of merging inner and outer forms, intertwining bodies, rhythms, and intentions. In this slow, meditative process, power is not proclaimed but revealed—line by line, loop by loop—moving through the hands and body. 

 

Using sustainable materials like sisal, flax, and hand-spun paper, Halfin creates woven sculptures inspired by her shamanic practice and weaving traditions. Evoking plant shoots, flowers, and seed pods, these forms restore a vital connection to the vegetal world. The act of hand-spinning processed paper into organic yarn becomes a gesture of healing and renewal. Within each piece, weaving holds a quiet tension between stillness and movement, body and warp, breath and thread, where transformation gently unfolds.