Orquidia Violeta
Artworks
Looming Objects
2019 SHIFT: House of the Absurd Runway Show - Second Place
SOLD at The Walter Culture Arts Center 2022
Día de Muertos
costume, sculpture, performance
beadwork, appliqué, knitting, weaving, embroidery, sewing, needlework
beads, buttons, feathers, found-objects, knit, yarn, salvaged, shells, trim, upholstery, woven
2019
75
× 85 inches
Before you are Looming Objects. Illogically woven and randomly found. Forming a simulacrum of life and death as a random accumulation. Eight vivid hand-loomed nine-inch weavings form the bright side, eight opposing colorless weavings the darkside. Looming Objects includes a dozen Sueñitos (little dreams) — small calaveras representing the migrant children who died this year crossing the US border.
sold
Orquidia Violeta
Photo 2:
Aaron Kuehn
Photo 3:
Aaron Kuehn
Video 1:
Aaron Kuehn
Pequeño Vestido de Gallo
Día de Muertos
clothing, costume, sculpture
dress
appliqué, embroidery, needlework, beadwork, sewing
found-objects, salvaged, trim, upholstery, woven
2019
calavera
The small calaveras signify migrant children who have died crossing the imaginary line. *SOLD*
sold
Orquidia Violeta
Photo 1:
Aaron Kuehn
Photo 2:
Aaron Kuehn
Vestido de Calaveras
Best Cultural Outfit, 2018 Día de Muertos, Portland Art Museum
(SOLD) 2022
Día de Muertos
clothing, costume, sculpture
dress
appliqué, beadwork, embroidery, needlework, sewing
found-objects, salvaged, trim, upholstery, woven
2018
calavera
The calaveras signify women who died in the El Salvador civil war (1980–1992)
sold
Orquidia Violeta
Photo 1:
K.Kendall
Photo 2:
Aaron Kuehn
Photo 3:
Aaron Kuehn
Amunet
Goddess Headdress
functional, sculpture
brooch, fascinator
appliqué, sewing
buttons, fabric, woven, upholstery
2015
Amunet is the Egyptian Goddess of the air and invisibility.
Orquidia Violeta
Ataksak
Goddess Headdress
functional, sculpture
fascinator
appliqué, sewing
buttons, fabric, salvaged, upholstery
2015
Ataksak is the Inuit Goddess that brings joy and happiness.
Orquidia Violeta