We are pleased to invite you to join 1628 Ltd. to view our newest exhibition, Attention to Detail: An Exhibition of the Female Fabricator

Attention to Detail features five local and regional artists, including Susan Byrnes, Margot Gotoff, Lori Nix, Jennifer Purdum, and Rachel Suzanne Smith.

Towards the end of modern art, many women began to abandon certain academic conventions of fine art. They began to embrace the domestic, and challenge what it means to create as a fine artist. They reevaluated traditional crafts, and placed them in galleries to contextualize and celebrate their importance.

The traditional tools of domestic craft are nimble tools; a sewing needle, an embroidery hoop, a loom -- all which embraced detail. These tools were more strongly associated with the feminine, while the tools of forging and fabrication became tied in with the masculine. In conversation with Attention to Detail artist, Susan Byrnes, she discussed how she believes people may not see metal as a feminine material due to its weight. Using power tools and forging with extreme heat to transform material, is seen as a masculine act.