{"id":33898,"date":"2022-11-04T15:32:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T19:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?p=33898"},"modified":"2024-06-06T11:17:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T15:17:13","slug":"wilson-college-faculty-member-aims-to-bring-weaving-to-the-big-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/wilson-college-faculty-member-aims-to-bring-weaving-to-the-big-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson College Faculty Member Aims to Bring Weaving to the Big Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p>By Sarah Stone <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fallen leaves crunching under their feet, 8-year-old William Sauer walks into the dense woods of Henry County, Ohio, with his grandmother to collect hickory nuts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the family adventure begins to feel like a chore, William asks his grandmother, Juliana Magdalena Hofrichter, to take him home. After walking him back to their house, she returns to the forest to finish up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the last time anyone will report seeing Hofrichter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey searched [for her] for hours, for days and weeks, with all the neighbors helping,\u201d Sauer says in a 1930 interview with a reporter from the Napoleon Northwest News. \u201cAnd though that was nearly ninety years ago, we never found a trace of her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 1841 cold case is the inspiration for <a href=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/people\/kenartke\/\">Kate Nartker<\/a>\u2019s debut film, \u201cWhose Woods Are These?\u201d Nartker, an assistant professor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/\">Wilson College of Textiles<\/a>, develops her weavings into film through frame-by-frame animation (<a href=\"#howtoweave\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#howtoweave\">read how<\/a>). The trailer for the upcoming short film  debuted in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Whose Woods Are These Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/759561027?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat really intrigued me was the mystery of nobody knowing, as well as the centuries-old tradition of using textiles to tell stories,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cmystery\u201d is also a piece of family history; Hofrichter was Nartker\u2019s great-great-great-great grandmother.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Not in the \u201ctrue crime\u201d genre<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nartker says her ancestor\u2019s disappearance serves not as the plot but instead as a point of departure. In Nartker\u2019s fictional spinoff, a Midwestern woman leaves her life behind. Enchanted by nature and enveloped by the forest, she finds renewal in the wilderness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhose Woods Are These?\u201d derives meaning from Robert Frost\u2019s poem \u201cStopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening,\u201d a man\u2019s love letter to the great outdoors. The goal, she says, is to call attention to a lack of representation of women in these fictional spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are literary examples of a man wanting to leave and live isolated in nature, from \u2018Walden\u2019 to \u2018Robinson Crusoe,\u2019\u201d Nartker says. \u201cBut there aren\u2019t that many stories of women who want to go live in the wild.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initial reactions to her work have only amplified her point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs I work on the project, people ask what her responsibilities were. \u2018Did she have kids?\u2019\u201d Nartker says. \u201cThese are questions that never are asked of men in other stories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>History, heritage and family&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nature itself quickly emerges as a secondary character of the film. Landscapes are shown in colorful contrast to the mostly black and white depictions of Hofrichter and domestic scenes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s this story of someone being swallowed by or disappearing into the land,\u201d she says. \u201cYes, it\u2019s about disappearance, but it\u2019s also just about this region, this history, which is fascinating, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This region in Northwest Ohio was once called the \u201cBlack Swamp\u201d because of its marshes and dense forests. Nartker has used historic maps of the area where Hofrichter disappeared, Google Satellite images and other resources to study the landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She says when Juliana Magdalena Hofrichter disappeared in the 19th century, the Black Swamp would have been filled with creeks, black bears and wolves. Since then, commercial agriculture has rendered the land flat and bare.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can see forever. Most of the trees have been cut down, and it\u2019s completely flat now,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to imagine anybody vanishing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/image-1-1536x864-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A film strip negative shows a flat green lawn in the foreground with a few out of focus buildings, and tall, bare trees behind those buildings in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-33902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/image-1-1536x864-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/image-1-1536x864-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/image-1-1536x864-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/image-1-1536x864-1.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nartker has used her father\u2019s film footage of Northwest Ohio as a tool to design the landscapes in her upcoming film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the landscape changed, Nartker\u2019s family remained.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy grandfather was the mayor of the small town where my ancestor disappeared,\u201d she says. \u201cMy family on my mom\u2019s and dad\u2019s sides have settled there and lived there for many, many generations.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>History, family and heritage are intrinsic to Nartker\u2019s artistic identity. Her father, a photojournalist, inspired her first artistic interest: photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nartker returned to her father\u2019s work as a source of inspiration when studying for her Master of Fine Arts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cca.edu\/\">California College of the Arts<\/a>. She says his old film reels were some of the first scenes she wove and animated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The loom as a camera&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This intersection between textiles and film is the foundation of Nartker\u2019s research and a central theme in her body of work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is an understudied history on how textiles and cinema have informed one another, and this drives much of my work,\u201d Nartker says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Nartker\u2019s research is now rooted in this historical and theoretical intersection, it grew out of simple curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wanted to see fabric move, or the illusion of fabric moving in a 2D space,\u201d she says.<strong> <\/strong>\u201cIt really comes down to expanding the language of textiles.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100456\/ow01-2-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a weaving shows multiple individual &quot;frame&quot; weavings at once within one textile piece. The frames show the progression of an owl turning its head and beginning to open its eyes. The yellow, black and white owl is shown over a black and white background.\" class=\"wp-image-33919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100456\/ow01-2-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100456\/ow01-2-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100456\/ow01-2-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100456\/ow01-2-2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A woven sample shows how Nartker uses tiny changes in weave composition to create gradual changes in this owl scene over multiple &#8220;frames.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That means using the loom as both a camera and a video editor. She uses thread and weaving techniques to zoom in on a subject or change scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn my trailer, there are certain scenes that fade to black, and it&#8217;s because of the warp and the weft \u2013 black threads coming to the surface,\u201d she explains. \u201cA structural inquiry that drives a lot of my work is, \u2018How can I materialize these cinematic techniques?\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weaving has a reputation as a traditional art form, but Nartker\u2019s work is nothing short of innovative. Simply put, she has pioneered the technique of woven animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s visionary to pinpoint textile crafts and traditions as material for digital expression and reexamination,\u201d Victor De La Rosa, Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/art.sfsu.edu\/\">San Francisco State University\u2019s School of Art<\/a>, says of Nartker\u2019s work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katenartker.com\/about\">Loop videos of Nartker\u2019s animated weaving scenes<\/a> have appeared in galleries from South Korea to Norway. \u201cWhose Woods Are These?\u201d marks a move away from individual, abstract scenes to a longer, cohesive film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe context in which something is viewed changes everything, and I want the experience of showing a narrative film in a theater setting,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"howtoweave\"><strong>How does she do it?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSomeone once asked me, \u2018Aren&#8217;t you scared someone&#8217;s going to steal this idea?\u2019\u201d Nartker says jokingly when asked about her technique. \u201cAnd I told them, \u2018No one in their right mind would want to do this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s because going from inspiration to woven film is an arduous, convoluted process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/NartkerProcess-v2-1-1536x343-1-1024x229.jpeg\" alt=\"A collage of three images. The farthest left image shows a film still of a person holding a basket in a snowy field, close to the horizon, with one story buildings and a treeline in the background. The middle image shows the CAD weaving file for that film still; in this interpretation, the figure is exactly at the horizon line and no buildings are visible. In the farthest right image, the weaving itself of that scene is shown. \" class=\"wp-image-33903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/NartkerProcess-v2-1-1536x343-1-1024x229.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/NartkerProcess-v2-1-1536x343-1-300x67.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/NartkerProcess-v2-1-1536x343-1-768x172.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/NartkerProcess-v2-1-1536x343-1.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steps in Nartker\u2019s technique from left to right: digital still image, CAD weaving file and completed woven \u201cstill\u201d ready for editing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>First, Nartker records a video of the scene she wants to weave and uploads it to a software that splits the video into individual still frames.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, she develops design files for each still frame using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software that she then weaves by hand or sends to an industrial loom. After hand-painting over some of the weavings, Nartker scans each woven \u201cstill\u201d and edits them back into a video, resulting in the frame-by-frame animation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From art to academia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhose Woods Are These?\u201d originates from Northwest Ohio history and heritage, but Nartker believes this project would not be possible without support from the Wilson College.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI could not do this anywhere else, hands down,\u201d she says. \u201cI think NC&#160;State is unmatched in that we have so many incredible tools and applications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/textile-design\">textile design<\/a> student Anna Stuffelbeam enrolled in an advanced weaving course with Nartker last year. She says Nartker\u2019s unique work sparked inspiration for her own award-winning photorealistic weavings. Judges from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfacedesign.org\/about\/mission-history\/\">Surface Design Association<\/a> (SDA) selected art woven by Stuffelbeam to be showcased in a virtual exhibition last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe was really helpful in how to put together the application, how to write the artist statement, how to present your work,\u201d Stuffelbeam says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-ncst-highlight with-image\"><h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/two-students-textile-designs-selected-for-national-gallery\/\" class=\"highlight__link\" data-ua-cat=\"Highlight Block\" data-ua-action=\"Story Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/two-students-textile-designs-selected-for-national-gallery\/\"><div class=\"highlight__image-container\"><div class=\"highlight__image-background\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" class=\"highlight__image wp-image-22403\" alt=\"Fabric in the process of being woven.\" src=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108101524\/IMG_4193_feature-edit-small-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108101524\/IMG_4193_feature-edit-small-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108101524\/IMG_4193_feature-edit-small-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108101524\/IMG_4193_feature-edit-small-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108101524\/IMG_4193_feature-edit-small-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"highlight__text-container\"><h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">Two Students&#8217; Textile Designs Selected for National Gallery<\/h3><p class=\"highlight__teaser\">Anna Stuffelbeam and Bailey Knight\u2019s pieces were one of the 27 chosen for \u201cFuture Tense 2022.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"highlight__cta\"><span>Learn about the inspiration behind their <\/span><span class=\"nowrap\"><span>work&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"> <svg class=\"wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg> <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>Nartker\u2019s advancements in the weaving world are also gaining attention from internationally-renowned research organizations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, she was named one of three <a href=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/textile-design-faculty-headed-to-sweden-on-fulbright-scholarship\/\">Fulbright Scholars<\/a> chosen from NC&#160;State. She\u2019ll head to Sweden in the spring of 2023 to teach weaving at HDK-Valand at the University of Gothenburg while learning from the region\u2019s world-renowned weaving artisans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy focus there will be on complex traditional weave structures. My goal is to apply them to the project: to work with transitions between scenes and execute cinematic effects, but through structure,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nartker plans to enter \u201cWhose Woods Are These?\u201d into juried film festivals by the end of 2023. She freely admits that the plot of the film remains somewhat of a mystery even to herself. In the meantime, she\u2019ll continue to research the narrative potential of textiles, allowing the magic of nature and escapism to inspire her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s going to reach the woods and find enchantment and wonder,\u201d Nartker says. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a lot of experimentation.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"<!-- wp:ncst\/dynamic-header {\"block\":\"ncst\/default-post-header\"} -->\n<!-- wp:ncst\/default-post-header {\"caption\":\"\",\"displayCategoryID\":512} \/-->\n<!-- \/wp:ncst\/dynamic-header -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By Sarah Stone <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fallen leaves crunching under their feet, 8-year-old William Sauer walks into the dense woods of Henry County, Ohio, with his grandmother to collect hickory nuts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When the family adventure begins to feel like a chore, William asks his grandmother, Juliana Magdalena Hofrichter, to take him home. After walking him back to their house, she returns to the forest to finish up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is the last time anyone will report seeing Hofrichter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cThey searched [for her] for hours, for days and weeks, with all the neighbors helping,\u201d Sauer says in a 1930 interview with a reporter from the Napoleon Northwest News. \u201cAnd though that was nearly ninety years ago, we never found a trace of her.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This 1841 cold case is the inspiration for <a href=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/people\/kenartke\/\">Kate Nartker<\/a>\u2019s debut film, \u201cWhose Woods Are These?\u201d Nartker, an assistant professor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/\">Wilson College of Textiles<\/a>, develops her weavings into film through frame-by-frame animation (<a href=\"#howtoweave\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#howtoweave\">read how<\/a>). The trailer for the upcoming short film  debuted in October.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/759561027\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"vimeo\",\"responsive\":true,\"className\":\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/vimeo.com\/759561027\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cWhat really intrigued me was the mystery of nobody knowing, as well as the centuries-old tradition of using textiles to tell stories,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The \u201cmystery\u201d is also a piece of family history; Hofrichter was Nartker\u2019s great-great-great-great grandmother.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3><strong>Not in the \u201ctrue crime\u201d genre<\/strong><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nartker says her ancestor\u2019s disappearance serves not as the plot but instead as a point of departure. In Nartker\u2019s fictional spinoff, a Midwestern woman leaves her life behind. Enchanted by nature and enveloped by the forest, she finds renewal in the wilderness.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cWhose Woods Are These?\u201d derives meaning from Robert Frost\u2019s poem \u201cStopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening,\u201d a man\u2019s love letter to the great outdoors. The goal, she says, is to call attention to a lack of representation of women in these fictional spaces.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cThere are literary examples of a man wanting to leave and live isolated in nature, from \u2018Walden\u2019 to \u2018Robinson Crusoe,\u2019\u201d Nartker says. \u201cBut there aren\u2019t that many stories of women who want to go live in the wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Initial reactions to her work have only amplified her point of view.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cAs I work on the project, people ask what her responsibilities were. \u2018Did she have kids?\u2019\u201d Nartker says. \u201cThese are questions that never are asked of men in other stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3><strong>History, heritage and family&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nature itself quickly emerges as a secondary character of the film. Landscapes are shown in colorful contrast to the mostly black and white depictions of Hofrichter and domestic scenes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s this story of someone being swallowed by or disappearing into the land,\u201d she says. \u201cYes, it\u2019s about disappearance, but it\u2019s also just about this region, this history, which is fascinating, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This region in Northwest Ohio was once called the \u201cBlack Swamp\u201d because of its marshes and dense forests. Nartker has used historic maps of the area where Hofrichter disappeared, Google Satellite images and other resources to study the landscape.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She says when Juliana Magdalena Hofrichter disappeared in the 19th century, the Black Swamp would have been filled with creeks, black bears and wolves. Since then, commercial agriculture has rendered the land flat and bare.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cYou can see forever. Most of the trees have been cut down, and it\u2019s completely flat now,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to imagine anybody vanishing.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":33902,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/image-1-1536x864-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A film strip negative shows a flat green lawn in the foreground with a few out of focus buildings, and tall, bare trees behind those buildings in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-33902\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nartker has used her father\u2019s film footage of Northwest Ohio as a tool to design the landscapes in her upcoming film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Although the landscape changed, Nartker\u2019s family remained.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cMy grandfather was the mayor of the small town where my ancestor disappeared,\u201d she says. \u201cMy family on my mom\u2019s and dad\u2019s sides have settled there and lived there for many, many generations.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>History, family and heritage are intrinsic to Nartker\u2019s artistic identity. Her father, a photojournalist, inspired her first artistic interest: photography.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nartker returned to her father\u2019s work as a source of inspiration when studying for her Master of Fine Arts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cca.edu\/\">California College of the Arts<\/a>. She says his old film reels were some of the first scenes she wove and animated.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3><strong>The loom as a camera&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This intersection between textiles and film is the foundation of Nartker\u2019s research and a central theme in her body of work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cThere is an understudied history on how textiles and cinema have informed one another, and this drives much of my work,\u201d Nartker says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While Nartker\u2019s research is now rooted in this historical and theoretical intersection, it grew out of simple curiosity.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cI wanted to see fabric move, or the illusion of fabric moving in a 2D space,\u201d she says.<strong> <\/strong>\u201cIt really comes down to expanding the language of textiles.\"<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":33919,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100456\/ow01-2-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a weaving shows multiple individual &quot;frame&quot; weavings at once within one textile piece. The frames show the progression of an owl turning its head and beginning to open its eyes. The yellow, black and white owl is shown over a black and white background.\" class=\"wp-image-33919\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A woven sample shows how Nartker uses tiny changes in weave composition to create gradual changes in this owl scene over multiple \"frames.\"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That means using the loom as both a camera and a video editor. She uses thread and weaving techniques to zoom in on a subject or change scenes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cIn my trailer, there are certain scenes that fade to black, and it's because of the warp and the weft \u2013 black threads coming to the surface,\u201d she explains. \u201cA structural inquiry that drives a lot of my work is, \u2018How can I materialize these cinematic techniques?\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Weaving has a reputation as a traditional art form, but Nartker\u2019s work is nothing short of innovative. Simply put, she has pioneered the technique of woven animation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s visionary to pinpoint textile crafts and traditions as material for digital expression and reexamination,\u201d Victor De La Rosa, Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/art.sfsu.edu\/\">San Francisco State University\u2019s School of Art<\/a>, says of Nartker\u2019s work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katenartker.com\/about\">Loop videos of Nartker\u2019s animated weaving scenes<\/a> have appeared in galleries from South Korea to Norway. \u201cWhose Woods Are These?\u201d marks a move away from individual, abstract scenes to a longer, cohesive film.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cThe context in which something is viewed changes everything, and I want the experience of showing a narrative film in a theater setting,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3 id=\"howtoweave\"><strong>How does she do it?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cSomeone once asked me, \u2018Aren't you scared someone's going to steal this idea?\u2019\u201d Nartker says jokingly when asked about her technique. \u201cAnd I told them, \u2018No one in their right mind would want to do this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That\u2019s because going from inspiration to woven film is an arduous, convoluted process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":33903,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"align\":\"wide\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108100457\/NartkerProcess-v2-1-1536x343-1-1024x229.jpeg\" alt=\"A collage of three images. The farthest left image shows a film still of a person holding a basket in a snowy field, close to the horizon, with one story buildings and a treeline in the background. The middle image shows the CAD weaving file for that film still; in this interpretation, the figure is exactly at the horizon line and no buildings are visible. In the farthest right image, the weaving itself of that scene is shown. \" class=\"wp-image-33903\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steps in Nartker\u2019s technique from left to right: digital still image, CAD weaving file and completed woven \u201cstill\u201d ready for editing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>First, Nartker records a video of the scene she wants to weave and uploads it to a software that splits the video into individual still frames.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Next, she develops design files for each still frame using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software that she then weaves by hand or sends to an industrial loom. After hand-painting over some of the weavings, Nartker scans each woven \u201cstill\u201d and edits them back into a video, resulting in the frame-by-frame animation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3><strong>From art to academia<\/strong><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cWhose Woods Are These?\u201d originates from Northwest Ohio history and heritage, but Nartker believes this project would not be possible without support from the Wilson College.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cI could not do this anywhere else, hands down,\u201d she says. \u201cI think NC State is unmatched in that we have so many incredible tools and applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/textile-design\">textile design<\/a> student Anna Stuffelbeam enrolled in an advanced weaving course with Nartker last year. She says Nartker\u2019s unique work sparked inspiration for her own award-winning photorealistic weavings. Judges from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfacedesign.org\/about\/mission-history\/\">Surface Design Association<\/a> (SDA) selected art woven by Stuffelbeam to be showcased in a virtual exhibition last year.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cShe was really helpful in how to put together the application, how to write the artist statement, how to present your work,\u201d Stuffelbeam says.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:ncst\/highlight {\"teaser\":\"Anna Stuffelbeam and Bailey Knight\u2019s pieces were one of the 27 chosen for \u201cFuture Tense 2022.\u201d\u00a0\",\"callToAction\":\"Learn about the inspiration behind their work\",\"imageID\":22403} -->\n<aside class=\"wp-block-ncst-highlight with-image\"><h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/two-students-textile-designs-selected-for-national-gallery\/\" class=\"highlight__link\" data-ua-cat=\"Highlight Block\" data-ua-action=\"Story Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/two-students-textile-designs-selected-for-national-gallery\/\"><div class=\"highlight__image-container\"><div class=\"highlight__image-background\"><img class=\"highlight__image wp-image-22403\" alt=\"Fabric in the process of being woven.\" src=\"https:\/\/tex-cloud-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/textiles-ncsu\/20231108101524\/IMG_4193_feature-edit-small-1.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"highlight__text-container\"><h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">Two Students' Textile Designs Selected for National Gallery<\/h3><p class=\"highlight__teaser\">Anna Stuffelbeam and Bailey Knight\u2019s pieces were one of the 27 chosen for \u201cFuture Tense 2022.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"highlight__cta\"><span>Learn about the inspiration behind their <\/span><span class=\"nowrap\"><span>work&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"> <svg class=\"wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg> <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/aside>\n<!-- \/wp:ncst\/highlight -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nartker\u2019s advancements in the weaving world are also gaining attention from internationally-renowned research organizations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In June, she was named one of three <a href=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/textile-design-faculty-headed-to-sweden-on-fulbright-scholarship\/\">Fulbright Scholars<\/a> chosen from NC State. She\u2019ll head to Sweden in the spring of 2023 to teach weaving at HDK-Valand at the University of Gothenburg while learning from the region\u2019s world-renowned weaving artisans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cMy focus there will be on complex traditional weave structures. My goal is to apply them to the project: to work with transitions between scenes and execute cinematic effects, but through structure,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nartker plans to enter \u201cWhose Woods Are These?\u201d into juried film festivals by the end of 2023. She freely admits that the plot of the film remains somewhat of a mystery even to herself. 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