About Loop, Hook, Loom
A collection of 35 artists from around the globe who work with yarn to make unconventional and creative objects.
From artists knitting giant sweaters to those creating rooms bursting with imagined sea creatures, Loop, Hook, Loom brings together some of today’s most creative textile practices in a celebration of contemporary exploration and play. Broken down into three chapters – Weaving, Crochet and Knitting – Sophia Cai dips into the history of these art forms and the creative ways they’re currently being expanded. An accessible entry point into the world of yarn-based art, Loop, Hook, Loom features both working artists and hobbyists, highlighting the endless possibilities of textiles.
About the author
Sophia Cai is a curator and writer based in Naarm (Melbourne) Australia. She is the current Artistic Director of Bus Projects, one of Australia’s longest running artist-run organisations, while maintaining an independent curating and writing practice. From 2020 to 2023, she taught as a lecturer at the Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne and Monash Art Design & Architecture, Monash University.
Sophia’s research interests include Asian art histories, the intersections between contemporary art and craft, and feminist curatorial methodologies and community-building as forms of political resistance. She completed her Master of History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art.As an independent curator Sophia has worked on several exhibitions at artist-run spaces, public galleries, and independent organisations across Australia and online.
Sophia’s writing on art and culture has been widely published in international and national publications including The Guardian, Artforum, Liminal, Runway Journal, Un Extended, Peril Magazine, Journal for Australian Ceramics, Art Almanac, Artist Profile, Art Guide Australia, and Art Collector Magazine. She has delivered public programs, lectures and talks at National Gallery of Victoria, the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, ACCA, Craft Victoria, Monash Gallery of Art, RMIT, and more.
