Collections: Cozy Home

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While the weather may be getting more brisk, we bring you a specially curated collection, full of warmth and plenty of brightness to chase away that autumn chill.


Make sure to click on each artist's name to check out more works!

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Rainy October Morning, Quarry
Marty Mitchell

Pastel on paper
Art dimensions: 10.5" x 10.5"
$600 Framed

Mug 3
John Giesin

Stoneware
Art dimensions: 4.5" x 4.5" x 4"
$45

Bouquet 2
Kristina Fjellman

Steel wire, fabric, paper, thread
Art dimensions: 14" x 16" x 3"
$400

Peanut Butter Sandwiches
Sharon Burns Knutson

Oil on paper
Art dimensions: 22" x 30"
$750

Earrings
Post 5
BabyGrapes Design

Porcelain
$40

Shimmering Dreams
Lynn Ocken

Fused glass
Art dimensions: 3" x 3"
$15

A Moment of Sunlight
Suzy McGrane-Hop

Acrylic, mica, powdered pigments, diamond dust on paper
Art dimensions: 30" x 22"
$1,100 Framed

Champagne Fields
Louise Rauh

Etched aluminum
Art dimensions: 7" x 14"
$1,500 Framed

Quiet Light II
David Gordinier

Graphite on paper
Art dimensions: 23.75" x 28"
$165 Matted

untitled 21-0408
Thérèse Murdza

Mixed media on canvas
Art dimensions: 30" x 48"
$3,600

untitled 21-0409
Thérèse Murdza

Mixed media on canvas
Art dimensions: 30" x 48"
$3,600

Cacoon
Ellen Kleckner

Collage, shellacked paper
Art dimensions: 14" x 7"
$175 Framed

Untitled #1
Susan Coleman

Pastel on paper
Art dimensions: 18" x 24"
SOLD

Quilt Boundaries
Julia Kottal

Oil on canvas
Art dimensions: 18" x 36"
$1,300

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I feel a strong tie to nature wherever I am, and I enjoy traveling and experiencing different environments. I am fascinated by the mysteries and wonders of life and nature, and how matter changes in different circumstances."

Earrings
E6-18

Oxidized copper, coral beads
$85

Small Root Earrings 3

Oxidized sterling silver, crash glass, silver-coated brass, silver
$150

Maturing Process: Rooted Series Necklace 2

Pumice stone, aqua resin, sterling silver, balsa wood seeds, acrylic
$1,800

Line
R5

Size 7.5

Blackened silver, white ink, gold leaf
$140

Brooch
Oo Talking II

Silk worm cocoons, sterling silver, silicone, coral beads, silk thread, tie tac pins
$380

My home is my body. My body is my home. I observe natural environments in daily life as being surrounded by rich nature...."

Place For Myself Brooch

Etched/oxidized copper, resin, acrylic, cow bone, sterling silver
$600

Growing II

Etched/blackened copper, resin, cotton thread
$600

Fall and Winter

Monoprint on kozo paper
Art dimensions: 22" x 30"
$925 Framed

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Photo courtesy of artist

My art speaks of various aspects of womanhood, based on my personal life journey and general ideas of being a woman in a culturally diverse community. While deeply looking into my inner self, I discovered new self and cultural roots as a Japanese woman who has been transplanted to the US. Grown up in Japan where woman’s virtue is modesty, obedience, and harmonizing to her family and the society, my new life in Iowa City has given me opportunities to examine and explore the qualities of the womanhood. It includes physical, mental, emotional, and psychological layers as well as muscular appearance. The changes of external environment and time have broadened my horizon to have the idea of womanhood more flexible.

I mostly create wearable objects in which I capture various moments of being a woman. I also create mixed media drawings, mono-printings, and more recently performances. Layering in printing and drawing gives me an opportunity in thinking my concepts on intricate woman systems. Performance is a new challenge as increasing new body languages to become connected to observers in space. This interdisciplinary approach helps me to understand more about myself as a transplanted visual artist. 

My artistic methodologies include the basic metalsmithing technique and traditional woman’s crafting: stitching and felting. Material utilization varies from (sterling silver/ fine silver with its natural and oxidized colors, copper, and soft steel) to other materials (fabric, thread, wool, hair, animal bones, used leather, and upcycled materials). The compositions tend to be asymmetrical, derived from Japanese flower arrangement practice. Also, the form and image coexist with subtlety and sometimes boldness in simple, subtract and abstract manners, which are often regarded as Japanese aesthetics. 

“My home is my body. My body is my home.” I observe natural environments in daily life as being surrounded by rich nature, and I always feel strong tie to the nature. With the notion of being a transplanted person, I have unlimited international cultural belongingness as the time passes by.  

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