noel works with cloth. cloth as mirror, cloth as guide, cloth as protection, cloth as anchor, cloth as means of knowing oneself. cloth as architecture, cloth as home. cloth as relationship. cloth as ecological member. cloth as metaphor, cloth as poetry, cloth as crystallized thought. cloth as tactile, sensual interaction. cloth as exploration of beauty. cloth as vessel for history. cloth as measure of time. cloth as storyteller. cloth as its own self.
noel guetti is a material philosopher and historically-informed fine cloth weaver who works primarily in the lineage of eighteenth- to nineteenth-century weaving techniques. his weaving and clothing making practice prioritizes specific individual relationships to materials and garments as a scaffolding for trans and queer body sovereignty.
for custom work, contact noel.guetti@gmail.com
see more on Instagram @prayersforwhatis
teaching schedule at www.weaverscroft.net
photo by rosemary wexler