Michelle and I have spent the last two days installing our fiber and metal installation piece called, Invasives, at the Honolulu Museum of Art School. Between the jurors, Michelle and I, we decided the center stairwell in the historic building would be the best area to showcase our abstract knitted kahuli (Hawaiian tree snails)Continue reading “Installation Day for Contact 2016”
Tag Archives: Crochet Art Installation
Calabao Construction
The Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants website has been extremely helpful for obtaining scientific accuracy in my creation of the crocheted Calabao. The Calabao is a preferred food plant for the larvae of the Green Spotted Triangle Butterfly. Prototypes, mistakes, and final designs for the Calabao flower emerging from the ends. Each flower is approximately 40Continue reading “Calabao Construction”
Lepidoptera and the limits of Google
Seeking the scientific details needed to properly build my Tropical Butterfly Garden installation I have found big gaps and a lot of inconsistent information out on the internet. Butterflies are in the scientific order Lepidoptera and to my untrained eye, seem so very distinctive from one another. Yet my in depth studies are showing thereContinue reading “Lepidoptera and the limits of Google”
FOUND! – No Longer Seeking Australian Yarn Dyer :)
Are you a reliable, indy yarn dyer in Australia? I am creating a large scale wire & yarn hand-crocheted Tropical Butterfly Garden art installation in Queensland, Australia to be completed in March/April of 2015. To construct this large piece I am seeking a reliable yarn source for specially dyed yarns the colors of various butterflies,Continue reading “FOUND! – No Longer Seeking Australian Yarn Dyer :)”
Art Decisions and more Residency Adventures
Photos from my second week of Artist Residency at Shiro Oni Studio: I absolutely love the blue wire & yarn crocheted butterfly I created as a centerpiece for my Electric Butterfly Art Installation however the installation said it wasn’t right. I changed it to one of the bright neon yellow butterflies I created and theContinue reading “Art Decisions and more Residency Adventures”