HOROLOGIUM

Winter, 2021. SolarFast on linen exposed with garden remnants—basil, chives, sunflowers, marigolds, and virgin’s bower—and the light of the winter solstice sun in Bloomington, Illinois; a fallen branch from Constitution Trail in winter 2020; and a salvaged board from a neighbor’s old fence. Part 1 of a continued series documenting the turn of seasons.

Dried garden plant remnants hover in front of a vertically-oriented rectangle of yellow linen. The stems of the dried plants are set within and along a horizonally-oriented white, de-barked branch.

Dried garden plant remnants hover in front of yellow linen.

Installation and detail view of Winter in the 2022 Faculty Biennial, on view at University Galleries from January 10 through February 23, 2022.

January 1-December 31, 2023, 2023. Crocheted yarn gifted from friends and family (sheep's wool, alpaca wool, silk, and acrylic).

Added to daily, January 1-December 31, 2023 is a tactile record of a year measured in repeated gestures.

A crocheted blanket arranged into a circle on a low white pedestal. One section of the blanket is suspended to form a steep mountainous shape. The differently colored rows of the blanket form rings like geologic layers.

An installation view of a gallery space.

A close-up image of a crocheted blanket that has been piled up and arranged into a circle. The differently colored rows of the blanket undulate like moving water or a lava flow.

Installation and detail views of Horologium: January 1-December 31, 2023, 2023. On view in the 2024 Faculty Biennial at University Galleries from October 14 through December 2, 2024. Photo credits: Jade (Minh Hà) Nguyễn.

Sowing, 2024. Wool and silk yarn woven into a map of the artist’s garden, cyanotypes exposed with the light of the 2022 summer and winter solstice sun and plants from the artist’s homes, branches and wood from trees in the artist’s yard and neighborhood, and embroidery floss.

Woven map suspended between two vertically oriented sticks inserted into a woden base.

Sowing, 2024. On view in the 2024 Faculty Biennial at University Galleries from October 14 through December 2, 2024. Photo credit: Jade (Minh Hà) Nguyễn.

Sowing, 2024. On view in the 2024 Faculty Biennial at University Galleries from October 14 through December 2, 2024.