Taking Something Apart

Taking Something Apart is a rug from the Recycling and Surplus Center on 175 North Harvard St. in Allston. Untying the knots on one side and pulling apart selective areas of the rug caused the emergence of new patterns, an increase in pink from the interior scrap material, and a general increase in the area taken up by the rug.

Scrap material that left the weave of the rug is arranged in a pile on top of blue foam board and placed next to a plant found in the studio to provide a temporary studio space for the rug.