Yarn Bombings
Yarn Bomb 26
Acrylic, Cardboard, Charcoal, Yarn
9.25” x 5” x 2.75”
2022
Slip Space
Acrylic, Cardboard, Yarn
117” x 25”
2022
Another artwork created during my residency at A to Z Wineworks, Slip Space is integrated into the stairwell to the winery break room where employees get rest from the difficult manual labor. I created this artwork so that it may serve as a symbol of rest as employees make their way to the break room away from production grounds. The term "Slip Space" is used as a making a transition from one space to another, as a way a for me to symbolize making a transition from work to rest.
Que Hace Tiempo?
Acrylic, Cardboard, Wine Dyed Yarn, Yarn
49”x 58”
2021
This is the first artwork created at my Residency A to Z Wineworks. This artwork is installed into and around a window that my fellow coworkers and I passed each day. Due to how busy we were consistently working, up to 12 hours a day for five to six days a week, I often looked out of the window and questioned what time and day it was, as I watched the landscape outside the window change from season to season. This work incorporates the wine that I helped make at this residency within the materials. This work is inserted into and around a window.
6 Layer Dip
(Geometrix Set)
Acrylic, Cardboard, Duct Tape, Yarn
20” x 24.5” x 41.75”
2021
This work and the other 2 of the Geometrix set are designed to be collapsible so that can be transported easier and re-constructed. In this set, these works begin to become more sculptural and went paired together they act as an installation.
Where You Goin?
(Geometrix Set)
Acrylic, Cardboard, Duct Tape, Yarn
22” x 22”x 31.75”
2021
When this work is displayed it can be standing up-right posing as a drum or it can be a sculpture laying down that can roll and show its different gradients of greens.
Star*Burst!
(Geometrix Set)
Acrylic, Cardboard, Duct Tape, Yarn
49” x 24” x 24”
2021
This piece starts to acknowledge more of the environment it is placed in as it can be a hanging wall installation piece and standing sculpture. This artwork has three different sides that can be accentuated depending on its positioning.
It’s A Group Effort!
Acrylic, Cardboard, Compressed Charcoal, Duct Tape, Paper, Yarn
62” x 59” x 12”
2021
More Bananas Please!
Cardboard, Yarn
25.5” x 56.5”
2021
Remembering Where You Come From
Cardboard, Compressed Charcoal, Yarn
80.5” x 48”
2021
Window
Acrylic, Cardboard, Compressed Charcoal, Yarn
52” x 52”
2021
Candy Yum Yums
Cardboard, Yarn
48” x 54”
2021
This work begins to show the variation that can occur within my Yarn Bombing series. These works can be considered paintings and installations. Often, the question of “What is a painting?” or “What makes a painting?” is posed in mixed media two-dimensional works that can be hung on a wall. I add to the conversation of those questions by this works design elements being created with all yarn.
Wanting To Be Comforted
Acrylic, Paper, Yarn
69” x 69.5” x 7”
2021
Continuing with the Yarn Bombing series, these works are based on my research in world-building. World-building has multiple subsets which are the individual, community, and environment. In my Yarn Bombing series, I focus on the individual by acknowledging identity through the illegible monikers I create, just how graffiti monikers operate as an identity. I also focus on the environment for these works as I imagine the forms of these pieces being extractions from my imaginative world that is filled with graffiti and unique sites.
They Say We’re Just Fragmented Cavemen
Acrylic, Cardboard, Paper, Yarn
77” x 67” x 7.5”
2020
A continuation of my Yarn Bombings series, this work begins to experiment with different textures and additive materials to speak to the idea of having to work with your environment in a reactive method even if it is not ideal circumstances, like those who create graffiti illegally. In this series, I use color methodically to best compliment the environment I envision each piece to be set in. The monikers created in these works are purposely illegible to make sure the viewer does not add images to the thought of these works other than themselves.
Yarn Bombing 14
Acrylic, Cardboard, Yarn
31.5” x 26” 17”
2020
This yarn bomb is the first three-dimensional designed work in the series. I aimed to design a moniker that is sculptural and still fits within the rules in how I “tag” in previous “Yarn Bombs'.” This work is the second in experimental works that are within my “Yarn Bomb” series.
As Smooth As Velvet
Acrylic, Cardboard, Glue, Yarn
12.5” x 17” x 3”
2020
Returning back to my “Yarn Bombs” series, I am experimenting with creating different forms and methods for this series. This work acts as precursor for a variety of methods, materials, and visual that will soon be added under the umbrella of this series.
Yarn Bombing 12
Charcoal, Concrete Bricks, Yarn
7.5” x 3.75” x 2.25”
2019
In this artwork I take my yarn bombing method and apply it to bricks that are modular. The moniker goes over the cement bricks, and because it is an outline it allows the color of the foundation to become part of the artwork.
Yarn Bombing 11
Acrylic, Cardboard Charcoal, Glue, Yarn
31.5” x 24” x 8”
2019
Teaser
Acrylic, Cardboard, Charcoal, Glue, Paper, Wood, Yarn
22” x 17” x 6”
2019
Yarn Bombing 9
Acrylic, Cardboard Charcoal, Glue, Yarn
12” x 16” x 2”
2019
Yarn Bombing 8
Acrylic, Cardboard, White Oil Pencil, Yarn
9” x 12” x 2.75”
2019
Yarn Bombing 7
Acrylic, Cardboard, Charcoal, Glue, Oil Pencil, Yarn
15.5” x 15.5” x 2.5”
2019
Yarn Bombing 6
Acrylic, Cardboard, Charcoal, Glue, Yarn
13” x 13.5” x 2.25”
2019
Yarn Bombing 5
Acrylic, Charcoal, Glue, Oil Pencil, Paper, Yarn
12.25” x 11.5”
2019
Yarn Bombing 4
Acrylic, Charcoal, Glue, Paper, Yarn
10” x 11.5”
2019
Yarn Bombing 3
Acrylic, Charcoal, Glue, Paper, Yarn
11” x 11”
2019
I Don’t Care
Acrylic, Charcoal, Glue, Paper, Yarn
15” x 12”
2019
That 20-30 Zone
Acrylic, Charcoal, Glue, Oil Pencil, Paper, Yarn
10” x 11”
2019
The first piece of my yarn bombing series. This work occurred first from a random stroke while trying to clean my paintbrush. What resulted was a form that reminded of markings you would see on the streets such as graffiti. I then added dimension and paint in the form of a graffiti bomb. I then took yarn and wrapped the material around the created moniker which in a way reminded me of the “yarn bombing” movement you would see in public. The play of the titles of the works and the way in which I create them is important. When creating this work I felt the closest to creating graffiti again than I have in a long time. But my yarn bombings are subverted. Usually, graffiti bombs are quick and created with spray paint which is a quick medium, and usually, yarn bombing is done by wrapping or crocheting yarn around an object. In these works, I am creating graffiti bombs with a paintbrush and wrapping yarn around the moniker. Still, I feel as if I am creating graffiti. Also, it takes just as long to make one of these as it would be a graffiti bomb with spray paint on the street.