Beckett Brueggemann is a fiber and sculpture artist. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and his Masters of Art in Teaching for Art Education at Tufts University. He is a quilter and a weaver, and his work explores the role of narrative in his creative process and world-making. His work also explores themes of astrophysics as black holes form in the rips in fabric and alternate dimensions become accessible through puddles. Poetry and photography elements are translated into quilts as fibers and technology come together as a means of creation, comfort, and healing escapism.

 

I am a quilter and a weaver exploring the role of narrative and world-making in my creative process. I am interested in soft escapism and the way slowness creates space for healing, comfort, and care. My work investigates poetry, photography, video, and more. I find myself submerged in multimedia making: wire-wrapping and beading with both gravel and crystals, glitch digital-editing techniques as I explore pot-holes and the disintegrating landscape, and interactive installations. I’ve thrown myself head first into the world of “crazy quilting.” In these media, I explore the intersections of language between craft and the ways in which we describe our universe. Astrophysics fascinates me, and craft is so extraordinary in its everyday-ness. Craft and fibers are a communal experience and what better way could there be for us to define our universe than with the language of craft? I take these words (fabric of the universe, black holes, warping of space/time) and I extrapolate narratives, creating artifacts of these stories. Holes in socks become black holes in the space time continuum, puddles become portals, and I become a traveler exploring this otherworldly “Somewhere.”
 

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