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Anne S. Rogers

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bio + cv

2023

two patched shirts made of muslin and handwoven fabrics hang next to each other on wooden hooks on a white wall

7 wears

rag racks

more than just everything

clothed racks

2022

clothes drying rack, 2022. A cast handmade rag paper clothes drying rack that is light blue and purple is interlaced with and supported by a collapsible wooden industrially produced clothes drying rack in a room with a concrete floor and white walls.

clothes drying rack

shirt 1 + shirt 2

socks to dry, 2022. Two handbuilt ceramic socks hang on a clothesline in front of a black background. The socks are mostly white but appear to be slightly stained on the bottom. There are cast handmade paper clothespins affixed to the top of each sock.

socks to dry

Walk Map, 2022. A detail of quilted fabric. The background is dark grey, and there are appliquéd room floor plans that are light blue, yellow, and off-white. There are also zig zagged room floor plans overlaying them, as well as machine couched embroidery floss that is gray and red and makes map-like paths.

walk map

green and yellow furrow-shaped weaving displayed on floor in corner of room. the weaving is suspended with electric fence wire, which is connected to the wall with electric fence connectors

furrow

Passing Down, 2022. A handbuilt ceramic skirt that would fit a person with about a 30 inch waist sits on the floor, supporting itself. The clay the skirt is made from is terra cotta, and is overlayed with semi-translucent majolica glaze with a blue and green floral pattern. Red ric rac rims the hem of the skirt, and a muslin men's dress shirt is sewn onto the top with pink thread. The shirt is only supported by the skirt, so it is drooping over the back.

passing (down)

pants on the floor, 2022. handbuilt ceramic pants that are underglazed to look extremely realistic sit on top of a six by six white quilted piece of fabric, which is on top of a concrete floor. The pants are crumpled as if they were taken off and abandoned there.

pants on the floor

township out of grass, 2022. A weaving with brown warp and green and prairie grass weft is hanging on a white wall, with the weft positioned vertically. The weave structure is a historic overshot pattern called Jefferson's plat that has been modified to resemble the six by six square structure of the township system.

township studies

2021

chain study, 2021. a closeup of a sculpture of a surveyor's chain hanging on a white wall. the chain links are about 6 inches long with curved ends, and are made of handmade lasercut and handcut strips of paper. Although some of them are linked together, there is no coherent order and they do not form a contiguous chain.

chain study

map study, 2021. A closeup of a weaving that resembles satellite map imagery. The weaving has various shades of green and yellow and a doubleweave structure. This image focuses on an area that has machine appliqué applied over the weaving in the shape of an irrigation circle.

map study

vanished growth, 2021. a closeup of a sculpture of one side of a doorframe and the wall immediately adjoining it. There is a growth chart on the wall but instead of recording children's heights, it records the heights of various prairie plants that no longer grow where the sculpture is installed, in Marvin Grove on the University of Kansas campus.

vanished growth

Woven

Warped

2019

perimeter walk

infinite tea party

earplugs, 2019. A closeup of a sculpture of cast cement versions of orange foam earplugs enclosed in handmade overbeaten abaca paper wrappers.

earplugs

whole body at once, 2019. A closeup of a graphite line drawing which traces the outline of a head over and over from many angles on kozo paper.

whole body at once

laundry basket, 2019. A sculpture of a rigid plastic laundry hamper that is made out of white cloth hangs suspended but slightly slumping in a laundry room. Behind the laundry basket, you can see four coin washers.

laundry basket

2018