{"id":375,"date":"2022-11-08T01:21:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T01:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/yellow-submarine-rising\/?post_type=artist&p=375"},"modified":"2022-12-14T07:53:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T07:53:18","slug":"bonnie-huang","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/yellow-submarine-rising\/artist\/bonnie-huang\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie Huang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

#1 and #2 are two tapestries journaling places Huang has lived in since 2020 through the use of hyperlocal fibers, dye plants, and visual motifs. #1 was created in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, incorporating wool and dye plants from a one-hour driving radius and inspired by the rectangular farmlands and undulating hills characteristic of the rural Driftless Area. #2, on the other hand, is a tapestry constructed from three different locales\u2013its fibers handspun from the wool of a friend\u2019s alpacas, then dyed with Japanese indigo the artist herself grew in Sequim, Washington; the image a skyscape from the backyard of her family home in San Francisco, California; and a year after the indigo seeds were propagated, the piece was woven on Orcas Island, Washington, where the artist currently resides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, these two tapestries provide not only a look at the technical improvements made through time, but also adjacent ways of practicing art as a geographic diary. Taking a step beyond simply translating a locale with endemic materials and motifs, Huang relinquishes the obligation to belong to a particular place by working with, not around, this transient period in their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Untitled 1<\/p>Sheep wool and hand-spun casein fiber | 2022<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Weaving made at the 2020 Wormfarm Institute artist residency with local wool from Serenity Spring Wool and hand-spun casein fiber dyed with onsite hairy vetch and hawkweed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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