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my body, my sky
october 2024

exploring play, process, and surrender through kite-making

 

I had been thinking about textile fine art in terms of sculpture, process, performance, and installation. I felt like making a kite could challenge me to combine my love for fine art with this interesting craft that is so dependent on process as well as its function in the outside world. Additionally, my longtime consideration for the natural world, its changing weather, seasons, and landscape, has an impact on this project in a way I was excited for. This kite will, in real time, interact with our world’s wind and light before our eyes.

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research/development

I looked into the multi-disciplinary work of Jorge Pardo, drew inspiration from the project book Pictures for the Sky: Art Kites, pondered the riveting image of the human form, and found wonderment in the kites of Anna Rubin.

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first prototype: arch-top kite

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raw silk, bamboo, paint on silk organza, grass, thread

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flown for the first time on Tybee Island, Georgia

in-flight photo by Katon Stephenson

second prototype: rokkaku kite

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paint on silk organza, bamboo, thread

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my chance to fly

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color development

acid dye and paint on raw and organza silk

throughout this project, I considered both the significance of the human hand and nature's unpredictability. this led to the decision to depict the body on the kite's surface.

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preparatory sketches in watercolor

poses designed and modeled by the artist

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acid dye on raw and organza silk, bamboo, mica powder

flown for the first time on Tybee Island, Georgia

photos by Katon Stephenson

© 2025 by Avery Fazio

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