Pointing Star is a series of textiles and ceramics that refigure eight-pointed star motifs used across Turtle Island — here in Wixárika patterns — as a template for weaving images of stars. Works are viewed as hybrid forms, both created by hand and programmed software. As the title suggests, the star motif is not an axis or compass, but rather an entrance into the boundless, which contains all conceivable and inconceivable directions at once. The design points in all directions, representing the entirety of the Universe beyond measurement and borders. The woven textiles and ceramics point to the infinite as glitch, generating new possibilities for geospatial edges.
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
April 16- July 30th
https://www.mcasantabarbara.org/exhibition/sarah-rosalena-pointing-star/
Spiral Arm
hand-dyed cochineal wool yarn, cotton yarn, image source Milky Way Galaxy
33 x 41 inches
2023
Spiral Arm Blue
Hand dyed wool, cotton, image source Milky Way Galaxy
(33 x 41 inches)
2023
Eight Pointed Star
Hand-dyed cochineal wool yarn
(33 x 41 inches)
2023
Dissolve
Cotton, hand-dyed acrylic yarn, image source Andromeda Galaxy
(28 x 41 inches)
2023
Dissolve
Cotton, hand-dyed acrylic yarn, image source Milky Way Galaxy
(36 x 41 inches)
2023
Axis
Smoked 3D ceramic print
12 x 12 x 2 inches
2023
Pointing Star
Smoked Stoneware, 3D ceramic print
16 x 16 x 15 inches
16 x 16 x 15 inches
2023