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Lia Rothstein

Sinew 1 (Copy) — Sinew 1

Gut and pigment, 34”x12”x12”, 2020
Photo: Rob Strong

Detail, Sinew 1 (Copy) — Detail, Sinew 1

Gut and pigment
Photo: Rob Strong

Sinew 2 (Copy) — Sinew 2

Gut and pigment, 15”x12”x8”, 2020
Photo: Rob Strong

Detail, Sinew 2 (Copy) — Detail, Sinew 2

Gut and pigment
Photo: Rob Strong

Sinew 3 (Copy) — Sinew 3

Gut and pigment, 18”x14”x13”, 2020
Photo: Rob Strong

Detail, Sinew 3 (Copy) — Detail, Sinew 3

Gut and pigment
Photo: Rob Strong

Sinew 4 (Copy) — Sinew 4

Gut and pigment, 17”x13”x2”, 2020

Sea Change 1 (Copy) — Sea Change 1

Biomaterial on fabric, 14”x28”x12”, 2023

Untitled (Copy) — Untitled

Biomaterial on fabric experiment, 13”x19”, 2023

Oro 1, Sea Change series (Copy) — Oro 1, Sea Change series

Biomaterial, pigment, and wire, 12”x19”x2”

Untitled (Copy) — Untitled

Biomaterial on fabric experiment, 2023

Sea Change 2 (Copy) — Sea Change 2

Biomaterial, artist-made botanical pigment, and wire, 12”x19”x12”

Worlds Within Worlds (Copy) — Worlds Within Worlds

Cotton, silk, and chitosan

Untitled (Copy) — Untitled

Biomaterial experiment

Wave, Sea Change series (Copy) — Wave, Sea Change series

Chitosan and pigments, wire

Untitled (Copy) — Untitled

Biomaterial and ink experiment, 7” round, 2023

Sea Change series (Copy) — Sea Change series

Chitosan, wire, paper yarn, and pigment

As Above, So Below (installation detail) (Copy) — As Above, So Below (installation detail)

Biomaterials, pigments, and metal

Installation view of "As Above, So Below", AVA Gallery, July-August 2024 (Copy) — Installation view of "As Above, So Below", AVA Gallery, July-August 2024

chitosan biomaterial, pigments, metal, silk, cotton, and wool

Holding Air (Copy) — Holding Air

Silk and chitosan

Riven (Copy) — Riven

Biomaterial, silk, metal, 36” round

As Above, So Below installation in process (Copy) — As Above, So Below installation in process

photo by Rob Strong

Sea Lotus (Copy) — Sea Lotus

Silk, chitosan, and artist-made botanical pigment

Sea Change 3 (Copy) — Sea Change 3

Chitosan, ink, and pigment

As Above So Below installation view, University of Maine, 2025 (Copy) — As Above So Below installation view, University of Maine, 2025

Biomaterials, silk, cold wax, and pigments

As Above So Below, columns (Copy) — As Above So Below, columns

Biomaterial, silk, cold wax, graphite, pigment, metal brads

Sinew 1 (Copy)

Detail, Sinew 1 (Copy)

Sinew 2 (Copy)

Detail, Sinew 2 (Copy)

Sinew 3 (Copy)

Detail, Sinew 3 (Copy)

Sinew 4 (Copy)

Sea Change 1 (Copy)

Untitled (Copy)

Oro 1, Sea Change series (Copy)

Untitled (Copy)

Sea Change 2 (Copy)

Worlds Within Worlds (Copy)

Untitled (Copy)

Wave, Sea Change series (Copy)

Untitled (Copy)

Sea Change series (Copy)

As Above, So Below (installation detail) (Copy)

Installation view of "As Above, So Below", AVA Gallery, July-August 2024 (Copy)

Holding Air (Copy)

Riven (Copy)

As Above, So Below installation in process (Copy)

Sea Lotus (Copy)

Sea Change 3 (Copy)

As Above So Below installation view, University of Maine, 2025 (Copy)

As Above So Below, columns (Copy)

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This sculpture, “Flotsam”, whose details are shown here, went to Japan where it was shown this past summer at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Largely made of a sea-derived biomaterial, I had no idea how it would travel for such a long

Final photos of art from my UK trip. Featured: At the Goodwood Foundation (amazing place similar to Storm King with indoor and outdoor exhibits) near Chichester: Rachel Whiteread’s installation and her photos which helped me understand her work

Finally back working in the studio-yay! Working on some prototypes for an outdoor installation and performance piece next Spring! Shown here: a couple samples of possibilities - biomaterial, pigment, and silk. #installation #outdoorart #biomateria

Some art highlights from Ireland, Wales, and the UK to follow: At Trinity College’s famous library in Dublin, Ireland we saw Luke Jerram’s amazing installation “Gaia” based on NASA photographs along with the Book of Kells exhi

Here are a couple of other drawings I did in the Ballinglen workshop and some shots around the town of Ballycastle. We were blessed with mostly amazing weather there and dramatic skies. I loved the colorful houses and intriguing windows along Ballyca

I am back from a fabulous trip to Ireland, Wales, and England-much too busy to post because we covered A LOT of territory. I’ll be sharing photos of some amazing exhibits I saw but the first stop on the trip was to take a terrific class with Je

It was standing room only at Atlantic Gallery in NYC for New England Wax’s “Hive Mind” opening last Saturday! Wow, thanks to all who came. The show is up through Sept. 27th. Catch it if you can! #atlanticgallerynyc #newenglandwax

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