Material in Matter
This captivating collection showcases the creative partnership between Joseph Carini and artist, Michelle Weinberg, blending vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and exceptional textile artistry. Their shared enthusiasm for dynamic compositions and the rich history of handmade textiles laid the groundwork for this collaboration. Each piece is a handwoven carpet, meticulously crafted in Nepal through bespoke production, ensuring unmatched quality and artistry. This collection celebrates the duo’s passion for color and striking graphics, with only 10 pieces available for each design. Each carpet is customizable in size, material, and color to suit individual tastes.
Theoretical Color 49
Theoretical Color 42
"The carpets inspired by my Theoretical Color drawings are a sublime translation of these works which began as a mundane cataloging of the colored pencils I use. The bands of color gradients begin and end on surprising notes, and as handmade rugs they have a wow! impact. Precise color relationships always give me joy. The neutral tones setting up little explosions of fully saturated color are truly alive rendered in silk and wool."
-Michelle Weinberg
Soft Grid
"The Vines, Soft Grid and Chrysanthemum carpets are derived from my drawings using carbon transfer, in which lines meander and petals from blossoms are rendered obsessively, with a static-y texture."
-Michelle Weinberg
Vines
The Vines artwork is derived from Michelle Weinberg’s drawings using carbon transfer, in which lines meander creating a sense of tranquility. This rug is made with a cafe au lait palette with a high pile woven in silk and a soft, wool background.
Deco Polygon
Deco Polygon probes the space-bending properties of pattern. This rug appears to change shape depending upon the vantage point from which it is viewed.
About Michelle:
Michelle Weinberg produces art in her studio and for public spaces, architecture and interiors.
She is the recipient of awards, fellowships and residencies including a NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship, Yaddo residency, Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Residency, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, MacDowell, Millay, South Florida Cultural Consortium Award, SouthArts, State of Florida, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, homesession and Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain, Studios at MASS MoCA and more. Recent exhibitions include Artbridge Studio 502, Project: ARTspace, High Noon Gallery in NYC, ArtPort in Kingston, NY, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance in Narrowsburg, NY, Pulp Holyoke, MA, Russell Steele Gallery in East Hampton, La Plataforma in Barcelona and Outer Space Miami, Emerson Dorsch Gallery, University Galleries at Florida Atlantic University and Frost Art Museum in Miami. Weinberg has created commissioned paint and print murals, hydraulic cement and ceramic tiles, terrazzo flooring, mosaic for clients such as facebook, Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places and more. She designed a glass mosaic mural for Miami's Riverwalk, commissioned by the City of Miami and Related Group in 2005. Her dazzle camouflage mural for the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach commemorated the 100th anniversary of World War I in 2014. Her "Tropic Episodes," a frieze composed of 32 printed acrylic panesl was installed at Miami International Airport in 2019. In 2020, she produced more than 1,000 handmade ceramic tiles for the sanctuary lobby of a synagogue in Miami. Currently her 700 linear foot print mural installation "River Semaphore" is installed at the river's edge in Lower Manhattan for Battery Park City Authority and NYC Parks, commissioned by ArtBridge.
Weinberg is on the faculty at Marymount Manhattan College and is a Lecturer at SUNY Purchase College. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from School of Visual Arts in New York and a Master of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Weinberg works in NYC, in a former 1850s church in Sharon Springs, NY and in Miami, FL.
Learn more about her work and career at michelleweinberg.com and @mwpinkblue.
