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Karla Rydrych
Minnesota, sleepydog.rydrych@gmail.com
DECADE: 2010s
The piece I've chosen to submit is a personal one. Reliquary; with these hands,
represents the 2010's to me. I come from a long line of seamstresses, embroiderers and
lacemakers, and have been actively creating for many years. But, it wasn't until the
decade of the 2010's that I began to take ownership of the idea of being an artist. The
base of the piece is my nightgown and as I stitch by hand, I literally am integrated into
the work-sweat from my hands, a pricked finger and a spot of blood, a strand of hair that
gets tangled into a piece of embroidery floss- all are literally worked into the textile. The
meditative process of making and the completed project represent seeing who you truly
are and embracing yourself.
Reliquary; with these
hands
Nightgown,
embroidery floss.
46" x 54" x 2”
NFS
