Stacie Go Eun Baek: Knitting Her Heart Out

From her artist statement: “Using the labor intensive technique of double-cloth weaving.. (Stacie) commemorates (her) disappearing (‘hastily typed’) thoughts and feelings” of the digital age.

Warning: The words in these pieces pack a wallop. Her pain is palpable but so is her discipline, artistry, skill, and most of all, courage.

This is an exhibit I attended back in January but it sat in my iphoto until I finally dredged it out to post this.

“Going to therapy in New York is about as expensive as dinner at Cipriani. I think I’ll start wearing a cocktail dress to my sessions.”

“Time went on I started noticing the weight loss then I had to ask him was he riding th white horse at first he said no then he said yes.”

Monday • May 7, 2012 • by Chauncey Zalkin

Category: Art, Blog, Designers, Embroidery, Exhibits, Korea, New York, Stacie Go Eun Baek, Textile Arts Center, Textiles, U.S.