‘Invite and suspend’

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.’’