Work from Claire Crews’s show “I Walked Up to the Cloud,’’ at Paper Nautilus, in Providence. It’s an exhibition of decorative and utilitarian woolen works. The title is a borrowed line from the poem “Samuel Palmer: the Characters of Fire,’’ by prairie poet Ronald Johnson.
Paper Nautilus says: “Like clouds—or translucent windows reflecting a changing sky—these geometric structures invite and suspend. They remind us that fog up close is radiant.
”All pieces are handwoven on a four-harness floor loom, using natural toned and dyed churro wool, the compositions based on watercolor sketches in the artist's daybooks.’’