EMERGENT Woven Blankets

Need a little more color in your life? Try on this 100 % pure cotton woven blanket for size. You can hang it on a wall, throw it across the back of your sofa or in your car for a charming picnic spread. Each blanket is woven in vibrantly dyed yarn from 195 color combinations with the backing made a mirror image color negative of the front to bring one of Jennifer S. Levine's original paintings to life. The blanket is washed after weaving. The yarn contracts for a firm hold. Then, the piece is finished with a 2 IN fringe to prevent fraying and frame the design. Due to the process, size can vary + / - .5 / 1 IN.

Machine wash in cold water. Mild detergent. Gentle cycle. Do not bleach or wring.

ABOUT THE PAINTING:

EMERGENT: Acrylic on canvas, 2 x 4 FT.

Emergent means “in the process of coming into being or becoming prominent.” In a burst of color, a big bang, a pulse from nothingness, we explode into being. There are no moments as powerful as birth and many moments that are allegorical to it. This is exemplary to those very moments. It’s messy. It’s volatile. It’s beautiful. It’s rough around the edges. It peals us apart and pulls us together. It’s the ultimate sublime. We emerge.

Into what? Into where? We don’t know until we get there. And, at times, we may not even know were “there-there” is until we long since pass it.

This piece is an attempt at expressing that moment of becoming, the tipping point with which the momentum towards a direction becomes the direction. It’s dynamic. It’s bold. It’s rough and peeling away. It’s EMERGENT.