Posts Tagged ‘Iviva Olenick’
Were I So Besotted: How and why I make this work
July 1, 2014
In 2007, I began embroidering anecdotes from my dating escapades, juxtaposing images and text on pieces of fabric approximately 5 inches wide by 8 inches high. Each fabric “page” recounts a specific episode. Taken as a whole, these episodes, which combine rawness, vulnerability, humor, hope, fear, disappointment, love and loss, are an embroidered […]
2014 | Were I So Besotted | Tags: about, artist statement, besotted, embroidery, Iviva Olenick, love, were i so besottedComments (0)
Pregnant Brooklyn
June 12, 2014
2014 | Native/Immigrant City | Tags: 3d, alter ego, embroidery, imaginary, Iviva Olenick, pregnant, stitched, stuffingComments (0)
This Country Is My Home and Not My Home
June 5, 2014
2014 | Native/Immigrant City | Tags: Brooklyn, country, embroidery, fabric, home, immigrant, Iviva Olenick, native, NYC, paint, sculpture, soft sculpture, stitch, textile, watercolorComments (0)
With love from Russia
June 5, 2014
2014 | Native/Immigrant City | Tags: 2014, embroidery, fiber, immigrant, Iviva Olenick, love, migration, native, paint, Russia, soft sculpture, travel, watercolorComments (0)
Links
March 20, 2014
2014 | @EmbroideryPoems | Tags: chain stitch, cut fabric, embroidery, in love, Iviva Olenick, links, love, paint, poem, sculptural embroideryComments (0)
Your heart is a pyramid scheme
March 17, 2014
2014 | @EmbroideryPoems | Tags: deception, embroidery, heart, Iviva Olenick, love, paint, pyramid, space dye, threadComments (0)
(freedom is a trip), poem by Montana Ray
January 7, 2014
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2014 | @EmbroideryPoems | Tags: concrete poetry, dutty wine, embroidery, form, freedom, hanging threads, Iviva Olenick, Montana Ray, plush, poem, poem as form as gun, poet Montana Ray, red, sculpture, shape, soft, soft gun, soft sculpture, stuffed, text, thread, tripComments (0)
Cynthia, Kaya and Marcus
January 5, 2014
2014 | Custom embroideries, Weaving Hand Residency | Tags: custom, custom embroidered portrait, Cynthia Alberto, embroidery, family, Iviva Olenick, kids, mother with children, portrait, watercolor, Weaving HandComments (0)
Grief
December 24, 2013
2013 | @EmbroideryPoems | Tags: antique textile, fabric, fiber, grief, healing, Iviva Olenick, lace, love, mourning, pain, poetry, recovery, textile artComments (0)
Safe
December 24, 2013
2013 | @EmbroideryPoems | Tags: @EmbroideryPoems, BAC, Brooklyn Arts Council, cursive, embroidery, feel safe, Iviva Olenick, love, paint stain, safe, script, you make meComments (0)
Oh, to fall in love with a beautiful woman/ stitching myself together
December 22, 2013
2013 | Were I So Besotted | Tags: chain stitch, crafts, doll, embroidery, exhibit, fabric manipulation, fiber, gallery, Iviva Olenick, lower east side, man doll, Manhattan, Muriel Guepin Gallery, paintComments (0)
Poets reading
December 22, 2013
2013 | @EmbroideryPoems, Weaving Hand Residency | Tags: BAC, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Arts Council, Cynthia Alberto, Dad, dadknowsbest, embroidery, Iviva Olenick, Monte Olenick, performance, poetry reading, reception, weaving, Weaving Hand, woven poetry bridgeComments (0)
Woven Poetry Bridge
December 22, 2013
2013 | @EmbroideryPoems, Weaving Hand Residency | Tags: @EmbroideryPoems, BAC, bridge, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Arts Council, celebration, construction, culmination, Cynthia Alberto, design, embroidery, fabric manipulation, fabrication, Iviva Olenick, lace weave, poetry, residency, textile, texture, watercolor, Weaving HandComments (0)
Brooklyn bench, sweater, dog
December 12, 2013
2013 | Selfies and Latergrams | Tags: Brooklyn, Brooklyn love, chain stitch, dog, embroidery, Iviva Olenick, Muriel Guepin Gallery, pet, poodle, watercolorComments (0)
