Handwork in Orbit: A Conversation on Craft and Aerospace Innovation

Join HCCC Curator + Exhibitions Director Sarah Darro, “” exhibiting artists, and Houston-based aerospace craftspeople for a stimulating series of presentations. This wide-ranging program will explore the often-overlooked role of hand craftsmanship in the history of aerospace research. Together, these speakers will reflect on and illuminate the skilled labor embedded within aerospace technological achievement.

Presentations will include:

• Exhibiting artist Mary Welch discussing her handwoven, NASA-commissioned upholstery for the preservation of Mission Control.
• Artist, inventor, and space suit designer, Ted Southern, and garment designer and technical patternmaker Katie Coble of Paragon Space Development Corporation on the design and development of their conceptual prototypes.
• Softgoods and engineering team members from Oceaneering International—including Samantha Mireles and Irnelia Torres, and Art Schlauch Jr.—reflecting on their work for NASA’s Artemis II mission.

Installation view of “Clutch City Craft.” Photo by Graham W. Bell.

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Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, 4848 Main street, Houston, United States

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