ASHLEY V. BLALOCK UNCATEGORIZED SCULPTURE Crochet thread
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2018
Crochet thread
9' diameter
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ASHLEY V. BLALOCK UNCATEGORIZED SCULPTURE Crochet thread and 3D printed figure
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Crinoline Lady
2019
Crochet thread and 3D printed figure

Inspired by traditional crochet crinoline ladies, this is a pared-down version of the traditional emblem of dainty femininity. The female figure is fixed as the immobile center of the doily "skirt", but she is only a bare torso integrated into a plinth. She becomes an immutable part of the decoration of the home.
ASHLEY V. BLALOCK UNCATEGORIZED SCULPTURE yarn
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Urban Intervention, San Francisco
Summer 2011
yarn

An urban intervention in the form of a doily sited in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco, Ca.
ASHLEY V. BLALOCK UNCATEGORIZED SCULPTURE cotton yarn
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Now I Lay Me...
2010
cotton yarn
10' tall x 7' wide x 10' deep

Two crochet blankets, each with a prayer, are suspended from the ceiling of the gallery to form a passage. The cream blanket has a child's prayer for bedtime and the black blanket has a passage from a funeral rite that likens death to sleep.