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Doing tapestry is something that has been in practice for hundreds of years. Tapestries have honored the celestial skies, and heavens, depicted everyday scenes and even reinforced mantras. Alan Neider, though, takes the notion of a tapestry and makes it his own.

Piecing together elements of fiber under the practice of collage, Neider creates large works that mimic some everyday social markers - like cereal boxes, and more. The underlying purpose and message of the work is to draw attention to symbols in society by unearthing them in the collaged tapestry. Each tapestry from Neider does its …