Fiber Experiments

 

Fiber Experiment #1

Tufting

Dye Experiments

 

        

Natural Dye

Shibori

10" X 14.5"

Natural Dye (Marigold)

Shibori

10" X 14.5"

Natural Dye (Indigo)

Shibori

10" X 14.5"

Personal Project

 

Presence (Self-Portrait)

Spray Paint, Yarn, Burlap & Charcoal on Canvas

24" X 60"

Artist Statement:

A presence, flowing from top to bottom that is clean and imperfect on the outside. In the inside, the tenderness and vulnerability is revealed with similar lines shown on the exterior. I did not realize until after, how much this presence reflects me and my character.

Nick Cave | Soundsuit 2006

 https://jackshainman.com/artists/nick_cave

Cloud Labyrinth | Lenore G. Tawney 1983

https://lenoretawney.org/cloud-labyrinth/

Written in Water | Lenore G. Tawney 1979

https://lenoretawney.org/written-in-water/

Diversity Banners

 

Personal Banner

Express Yourself

Spray Paint, Oil, Acrylic & Charcoal on Canvas

32.5" X 44"

I had an idea to cut out old paintings I had and collage them on to my personal banner. The idea came about after my initial idea about spray painting personal banner didn't come out how I envisioned. The collage ended up flowing visually, emphasizing the decisions I made on how I arranged my art on the banner.

Sources/Inspiration:

 https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/37058/1/al-diaz-on-samo-and-basquiat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJOJD5Md2hE

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2010.2.1abc

Club Banner

The Brainstorm Is Coming

Felt & Acrylic

30" X 40"

For the AIGA Club Banner, I wanted to emphasize the process of Graphic Design. With Alaina, the club president, we came up with using a text box and a duplicated image to get across commonly used actions in the graphic design process. 

Surface Pattern Design

 

Uroko

Acrylic on Canvas

19.5" X 30"

My goal of this piece was to achieve representation through simple geometric shapes. Inspired my sister moving to Kyoto, Japan, I decided to make a piece based triangles that represent scales in Japanese culture. I want to keep exploring different shapes meanings in different cultures.

Uroko (Scales of a fish/snake/dragon) [Inspired by a dragon kimono I got as a gift from my uncle]

Braid by Hoko Tokoro (French Lattice inspired)

Surface Design Sources

https://kirikomade.com/blogs/our-fabrics/japanese-patterns-2

https://collections-gwu.zetcom.net/en/collection/item/4221/

https://collections-gwu.zetcom.net/en/collection/item/2315/