Dara Weyna, "Edna's Garden"
$2600. Crochet and fabric, 27" round x 2" deep, 2022.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist Statement
My recent crochet work explores the anxieties of motherhood and how the repetitive nature of stitching grounds me in the present, while allowing space for the past to interject itself into my consciousness. In using the breast/flower as subject, I am reflecting on the joyful memories of nurturing my babies and the fleeting time we have with our young children. There’s a visceral element to these meditations as they bring me back to my childhood and the security of being held in the expansive embrace of my grandmother; the warmth of our sacred lineage. Crochet is symbolic to me of the lasting connection between us. I use hooks that belonged to her to create work that expands the medium past the boundaries of what she once taught me. It is in these colorful stitches where the swirling memories of childhood/motherhood entwine to become a protective force-field for love and growth.
Artist Bio
Dara Weyna is a multi-disciplinary artist and mother of two, maintaining a home studio in northern CO. She works in a variety of mediums including: painting, drawing, printmaking, crochet and collage. Born in Chicago, Dara received her BA in Studio Art with minors in Art History and French in 2005 from Northeastern Illinois University. Post-graduation, Dara worked for prominent collectors, galleries and museums in Chicago as a framer, as well as managing exhibitions at Gallery Mornea, a space for emerging and mid-career artists in Evanston, IL. She developed a thriving studio practice in the historic Cornelia Arts Building where she exhibited alongside fellow artists for 3 years before moving to Napa, CA in 2007. There she spent the next 13 years juggling the demands of motherhood while participating in local art markets, teaching handwork classes, running an etsy shop and various artistic collaborations before relocating to CO in 2020.
$2600. Crochet and fabric, 27" round x 2" deep, 2022.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist Statement
My recent crochet work explores the anxieties of motherhood and how the repetitive nature of stitching grounds me in the present, while allowing space for the past to interject itself into my consciousness. In using the breast/flower as subject, I am reflecting on the joyful memories of nurturing my babies and the fleeting time we have with our young children. There’s a visceral element to these meditations as they bring me back to my childhood and the security of being held in the expansive embrace of my grandmother; the warmth of our sacred lineage. Crochet is symbolic to me of the lasting connection between us. I use hooks that belonged to her to create work that expands the medium past the boundaries of what she once taught me. It is in these colorful stitches where the swirling memories of childhood/motherhood entwine to become a protective force-field for love and growth.
Artist Bio
Dara Weyna is a multi-disciplinary artist and mother of two, maintaining a home studio in northern CO. She works in a variety of mediums including: painting, drawing, printmaking, crochet and collage. Born in Chicago, Dara received her BA in Studio Art with minors in Art History and French in 2005 from Northeastern Illinois University. Post-graduation, Dara worked for prominent collectors, galleries and museums in Chicago as a framer, as well as managing exhibitions at Gallery Mornea, a space for emerging and mid-career artists in Evanston, IL. She developed a thriving studio practice in the historic Cornelia Arts Building where she exhibited alongside fellow artists for 3 years before moving to Napa, CA in 2007. There she spent the next 13 years juggling the demands of motherhood while participating in local art markets, teaching handwork classes, running an etsy shop and various artistic collaborations before relocating to CO in 2020.
$2600. Crochet and fabric, 27" round x 2" deep, 2022.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist Statement
My recent crochet work explores the anxieties of motherhood and how the repetitive nature of stitching grounds me in the present, while allowing space for the past to interject itself into my consciousness. In using the breast/flower as subject, I am reflecting on the joyful memories of nurturing my babies and the fleeting time we have with our young children. There’s a visceral element to these meditations as they bring me back to my childhood and the security of being held in the expansive embrace of my grandmother; the warmth of our sacred lineage. Crochet is symbolic to me of the lasting connection between us. I use hooks that belonged to her to create work that expands the medium past the boundaries of what she once taught me. It is in these colorful stitches where the swirling memories of childhood/motherhood entwine to become a protective force-field for love and growth.
Artist Bio
Dara Weyna is a multi-disciplinary artist and mother of two, maintaining a home studio in northern CO. She works in a variety of mediums including: painting, drawing, printmaking, crochet and collage. Born in Chicago, Dara received her BA in Studio Art with minors in Art History and French in 2005 from Northeastern Illinois University. Post-graduation, Dara worked for prominent collectors, galleries and museums in Chicago as a framer, as well as managing exhibitions at Gallery Mornea, a space for emerging and mid-career artists in Evanston, IL. She developed a thriving studio practice in the historic Cornelia Arts Building where she exhibited alongside fellow artists for 3 years before moving to Napa, CA in 2007. There she spent the next 13 years juggling the demands of motherhood while participating in local art markets, teaching handwork classes, running an etsy shop and various artistic collaborations before relocating to CO in 2020.