Installation: In some cases But Not Always
Set up by Denja Harris
South Bay fiber artist communicates intricate emotional states as a result of the organic and natural procedures of free form yarn sculpture.
Denja Harris is an artist from South Bay, San Diego, specializing in experimental fiber artwork and gentle sculptures. Deliberately sourcing 2nd-hand and lifeless-stock yarn, she makes layered, absolutely free kind abstract operates that acquire condition in an organic method. Her artwork follow is a sort of healing and checking out self id, vulnerability, and softness as a result of the associations of shade, sample and texture.
The artist clarifies, “My art observe will allow me to discover my private narrative and connect what I struggle placing into words by recording a feeling by means of the interactions of color and texture. These pieces are deeply intertwined with the encounter of confronting vulnerability and the act of self-protection. [Through my art, I am] exploring the stress concerning exposing soft places and setting up emotional boundaries.“
Harris brings together organic and natural sort and repetition by layering features using distinct tufting techniques and weights of fiber. In any piece, the artist may possibly use any place concerning 5-20 diverse forms and hues of yarn and make bit by bit as her intuition guides her. The tactile use of equipment and handbook software alike keeps her “in [her] body”, obtaining the repetitive mother nature of the practice meditative and soothing. Harris works by using this time to course of action all the inner thoughts that make people human—joy, worry, decline, and stagnation, to title a couple. Sometimes But Not Often displays not only on the complicated, fleeting thoughts and beliefs that make us human, but also the willingness to facial area and launch them.
Harris’ do the job has been highlighted in solo exhibitions, group displays, workshops, and demonstrations at San Diego Metropolis University, Mingei International Museum, Art Make, Mortis Studio, and others.