I recently started using textiles as a medium to make my art work because the process is meditative. Who am I kidding? I hoard stuff, have a lot of houseplants, and I’m running out of space, but I still want to make artworks, so this is easier to store.
My first textile work, called Balance Forward (2020) is an homage to all the birdwatchers, present and future. I have a whole story about it here. Finding Rest and Joy (2022) is my second textile work. It really is unfinished, but let’s face it: I’m not going to work on it anymore so its unfinished state is the finished state. A pair of rollerskates is stitched on a pillowcase with batik fabric deconstructed and appliqued all over. I stitched the words, “Sorry I did not finish. I took a nap”. Here’s some process photos and some more ramblings about it. My third textile work is a self portrait for a collaborative installation, Sending Love (2022), with Maggie Yee, Manon Wada and Reiko Fujii. More process and writings here.This is Nina (2022). I wrote more about it here.I stitched leaves together to make a blanket for my cat. Not really. This is just an experiment I’m doing and Pebbles is used to scale the stitched poplar leaves from the trees at work (2022). The ResidentsThe Residents: zoomed in detailsHomewe are not your enemy
