Viviana Santamarina

Paper Knitted Work

" Away With Words" 2010

medium:
paper crochet, letters, book

dimensions:
10" x 18" x 11"

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Viviana Santamarina: California, United States

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About my Work

Turning humble tools like pencils into hooks and paper into strips allows me to leave graphite traces while the paper is being knitted, a deconstructed drawing of sorts.

While the stitches grow, interdependence grows as well. The tension that both elements generate a structural and narrative balance by circling what it is and giving edge to the void.

It is in the vases where the maze of symmetrical stitches grow upward by saturating the space and closing on itself.

It is through craftworks, the need to create artifacts which fulfill the basic functions of everyday life, that humanity engraved the first traces of culture, from knitted blankets and quilts to woven fishing nets, intertwining the threads of human experience that compromise the fabric of life.

Knitting men and women discovered, almost without searching, the first manifestation of order, thought-structure, and progressive rhythms as well as mathematical and geometrical experiences while in the creative trance induced by knitting.

This amazing skill was taught throughout generations and to me by my grandmother in my early teens. I try to transfer this knowledge every time I have the chance.

Viviana Santamarina

San Francisco, California, United States
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Press

http://dailyartmuse.com/2010/08/16/viviana-santamarina-graphite-and-paper/

http://craftcouncil.org/post/viviana-santamarinas-crocheted-paper-sculptures#

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Contact

vivitus@gmail.com

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Previous Group Exhibitions

Gertrude Herbert

"A Sense of Place 2010"

Augusta, GA

September 17th - November 5th, 2010

http://www.ghia.org/

Brand Library 39

"Works on Paper"

Glendale, CA

October 2nd - November 5th, 2010

http://www.brandlibrary.org/brand_galleries.asp

Sylvia White Gallery

"2010 National Juried Exhibition"

Ventura, CA

August 4th - September 4th, 2010

http://www.sylviawhite.com/

B.J. Spoke Gallery

"Paperworks 2010 Juried Competition"

Huntington, NY

August 3rd - August 29th, 2010

http://www.bjspokegallery.com/

Woodbury Art Museum

"Art of Our Century"

Utah Valley University, UT

June 11th - July 23rd, 2010

http://www.uvu.edu/museum/

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

"National 2010 Juried Exhibition"

Sebastopol, CA

June 17th - July 18th, 2010

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Marin Museum of Contemporary Art

"Private Eyes: Artsts' Visions"

Novato, CA

June 19th - July 18th, 2010

http://www.marinmoca.org/

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