Orquidia Violeta
Artworks
Higher Than the Sun
Series:
Fire on the Water
Artform:
flat
Method:
appliqué, dyeing, weaving, sewing
Medium:
buttons, fabric, found-objects, beads, trim, thread, woven, yarn
Year:
2019
Statement:
"Higher Than the Sun'
Availability:
sold
Artist:
Orquidia Violeta
Photo 1:
Aaron Kuehn
Pequeño Vestido de Gallo
Series:
Día de Muertos
Artform:
clothing, costume, sculpture
Type:
dress
Method:
appliqué, embroidery, needlework, beadwork, sewing
Medium:
found-objects, salvaged, trim, upholstery, woven
Year:
2019
Tags:
calavera
Statement:
The small calaveras signify migrant children who have died crossing the imaginary line. *SOLD*
Availability:
sold
Artist:
Orquidia Violeta
Photo 1:
Aaron Kuehn
Photo 2:
Aaron Kuehn
Looming Objects
Award:
{2019 SHIFT: House of the Absurd Runway Show - Second Place}
[SOLD at The Walter Culture Arts Center 2022]
Series:
Día de Muertos
Artform:
costume, sculpture, performance
Method:
beadwork, appliqué, knitting, weaving, embroidery, sewing, needlework
Medium:
beads, buttons, feathers, found-objects, knit, yarn, salvaged, shells, trim, upholstery, woven
Year:
2019
Dimensions:
75
× 85 inches
Statement:
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.
Availability:
sold
Artist:
Orquidia Violeta
Photo 2:
Aaron Kuehn
Photo 3:
Aaron Kuehn
Video 1:
Aaron Kuehn
Mamá y Bebé
Series:
Día de Muertos
Artform:
flat
Method:
appliqué, beadwork, embroidery, sewing
Medium:
trim, beads, shells, salvaged, found-objects, upholstery, woven
Year:
2019
Tags:
calavera, dia de los muertos, Mami y Bebe, textile artwork
Dimensions:
20
× 16 inches
Statement:
A migrant calavera. There are rose petals and shells hidden in the piece that remind me of my own mother.
Availability:
available
Price:
US$350
Artist:
Orquidia Violeta
Photo 1:
Aaron Kuehn
Hija
Series:
Día de Muertos
Artform:
flat
Method:
appliqué, embroidery, beadwork, sewing
Medium:
found-objects, woven, salvaged, trim
Year:
2019
Tags:
calavera
Statement:
A migrant calavera. This piece represents me. *SOLD* in the Cannon Beach Exhibit
Availability:
sold
Artist:
Orquidia Violeta
Photo 1:
Aaron Kuehn