Dimensions: 18.5 in x 18.5 in x 10 in
Materials: Wool fiber, reclaimed cotton and synthetic fibers, hand dyed cotton fiber.
This work features a single sawtooth hanger at the top center back of the piece for easy installation.
Concept:
I know that I am a voice among many, many others when I say that I am overwhelmed. We have been in an unprecedented time of collective grief that I am having trouble wrapping my brain.
So in this time, I turn to art. I turn to creativity. I turn to community and hope and justice and love. I turn to joys both big and small.
These are acts of resistance even when they don’t feel like it.
These are the day-to-day choices that can turn the tides of change even when it feels silly or less than. In this spirit of resistance, the artworks in my Overwhelmed series were created.
In line with my ethos, I used what I had (both yarns and inner knowing) to try to make sense of what I don’t understand. I tried to carve out calm, colorful moments beneath the chaotic surface.
And after throwing myself into creating these works, I still don’t understand why things are happening the way they are. I cannot fathom being a human who takes pride in willingly bringing harm and hate into this world and supporting people in power who do the same.
But what I do know is that we the people outnumber the hateful. We the people do have control (purchasing power ftw!). And we the people can rise together to blockade the few in power trying to dismantle a free and safe nation for all.
Dimensions: 18.5 in x 18.5 in x 10 in
Materials: Wool fiber, reclaimed cotton and synthetic fibers, hand dyed cotton fiber.
This work features a single sawtooth hanger at the top center back of the piece for easy installation.
Concept:
I know that I am a voice among many, many others when I say that I am overwhelmed. We have been in an unprecedented time of collective grief that I am having trouble wrapping my brain.
So in this time, I turn to art. I turn to creativity. I turn to community and hope and justice and love. I turn to joys both big and small.
These are acts of resistance even when they don’t feel like it.
These are the day-to-day choices that can turn the tides of change even when it feels silly or less than. In this spirit of resistance, the artworks in my Overwhelmed series were created.
In line with my ethos, I used what I had (both yarns and inner knowing) to try to make sense of what I don’t understand. I tried to carve out calm, colorful moments beneath the chaotic surface.
And after throwing myself into creating these works, I still don’t understand why things are happening the way they are. I cannot fathom being a human who takes pride in willingly bringing harm and hate into this world and supporting people in power who do the same.
But what I do know is that we the people outnumber the hateful. We the people do have control (purchasing power ftw!). And we the people can rise together to blockade the few in power trying to dismantle a free and safe nation for all.
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