Look closely and you’ll see that Lia Cook’s shimmering repeated patterns woven in web-like networks resemble pixelated digital interfaces. Rather than siloing her interests in arts, craft, science, and technology, Cook synthesizes them in experimental weavings, exploring representations of draped fabric that underscore the physicality of cloth and the emotional, nostalgic nature of touching textiles. As she says, “I combine neurological brain fibers, plant fibers from my garden, and woven optical lines and patterns drawn from past weavings. I use my immediate environment to generate new very tactile and intimate works … Something about the textile engenders embodied emotional response.”

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