Her sculptures are tactile, helping us connect, feel, and evoke our senses.
Inspired by life and nature, her sculptures are natural, earthy, and organic in form and material.
“Weaving imitates life – sometimes bumpy, sometimes smooth. When woven together, you can see and feel the beauty, the growth.”
Her process starts as a global treasure hunt, searching for the finest, local, 100% natural fibers and other precious finds. She creates as she travels, immersing herself in each country’s beauty, conveying that in each piece.
Stitch by stitch, coil by coil, her international fibers are methodically woven by hand and needle, taking weeks to months to create.
Back in her studio, creating other components to unify with her global fibers allows her to use skills acquired through her extensive formal art education and career as an artist and art educator.
Her style is a unique take on traditional fiber techniques and other media.
“With my design in mind, I control the shape as I weave, but also listen to the natural materials, giving them a voice. It’s a beautiful symphony of push and pull, helping it grow into an organic piece of art that you can feel, in all ways.”
Displaying “A Piece of the World – A Piece of You” – KKARTISTA sculptures stand strong alone or unite beautifully with others. Sophisticated. Earthy. Elegant.
FROM THE ARTISTMORE ABOUT THE PROCESS
FIBER
My fiber sculptures feature a woven coil technique, historically used to weave vessels.
Stitch by stitch, coil by coil, with hand & needle, I weave my international pure wools around cotton – raw / refined, scratchy / smooth, no synthetics – unifying global natural beauty.
CLAY
I hand build my clay structures out of stoneware and fire in my studio kiln. Each creation is then painted with a unique glaze combination, mixed & varied, creating a one of a kind result upon the second firing.
WOOD
The wood structures, I build out of solid wood – cutting, hammering, nailing and sanding.
PAINTING & DRAWING
I use different types of paint, graphite, charcoal, inks and other 2-D art materials to give character to the structures that I build, giving them depth, in preparation to unite with fiber.
METAL
Metal additions are metal-smithed sheets and wires that I cut, heat, hammer, drill, file, stamp, connect and polish, to best contrast with the soft to scratchy fibers that will accompany it.
PRECIOUS FINDS
Then there are the found objects that I just could not pass up as I wander, which are incorporated into my sculptures, woven in, set with clay, wood or metal, like a gem set into jewelry.
