SHIPS OF THE SEA MARITIME MUSEUM

As an interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Dalton, Georgia "The Carpet Capital of the World”, Trish Andersen's initial attraction to the process of tufting was a means to reconnect with and explore her roots. Years after attending the Savannah College of Art and Design and moving on to live and work in Brooklyn, New York, she began using the medium as an examination of the notion that a thing or a way of being can run in our blood; that perhaps by observing the characteristics of personal origin and establishing commonality and community around those that reverberate in the present, one may be able to begin unearthing the elusive authentic self. 

Combining fibers gathered from field, sheep, and those developed on a factory floor, Andersen proves that there is always room for both the vibrant and the muted, the sleek and the wild, cut and looped, soft and cumulus, the dense and the coarse; the unexpected and varied tactile quality of her work allows the eyes to open to an emotional one. Her work speaks to the truth that whether they are temporal, cultural, geographical, or interpersonal, boundaries inevitably bleed, and the results are often quite stunning.

Accepting commissions worldwide, Trish creates site specific installations, fiber works, and collaborates on product creation for clients such as Coca-Cola, Design Miami, Kimpton Hotels, Google, BlackRock Financial, Shaw Contract, and Ulla Johnson, among many others. She lives in Savannah, Georgia with her husband, artist Michael Porten, their son Walter, four cats, and a few thousand balls of yarn.