EmilyDvorin

I am a fiber artist, a sculptural basket maker. But really, I am a conceptual artist working with fiber, using basketry techniques.

My work is usually non-functional, not just decorative, containing a story or commentary or reaction. I start with inventing an idea. I expand on that idea with visual elements that suggest a mood or feeling. I like telling stories. I want to comment about that concept using a visual vocabulary. The piece I create speaks to viewers. It is a very special kind of communication.

Recently, I have incorporated text into some of my pieces. I am working on a piece called EXCUSES. I have embroidered with cable ties on suede as many excuse adverbs as I can think of in a colorful patchwork over an armature. It is coming together.

Even when there is no text, there is always an invitation in my work to see it from afar and approach it closer to see the detail, the reward, as a friend calls it, the conversation.  It is my way of talking and being heard.

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