Botanical Embroidery with LED

4459 South Marshfield Avenue,Chicago IL 60609

01 May, 2021

Description

Join artist, Haerim Lee, for this fun & interactive workshop that combines botany, embroidery, & LED lights to make unique illuminated art. About this Event Join artist and art education, Haerim Lee, for this fun and interactive workshop that combines botany, embroidery, and LED lights to make a unique illuminated Botanical Illustration. In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn how to create soft circuitry (electrical circuits made from fabric or cloth) and create their own embroidery integrating natural sources with LED light. Each participant will bring his or her favorite plant to class as inspiration. In the workshop, participants will learn about the contemporary artists, Meredith Woolnough and Kazuhito Takadoi, who use plant imagery and embroidery to make beautiful and meaningful works of art. Then, they will choose a fabric and begin sketching their plant, while integrating light source that they will have marked with a dot on their fabric. After the sketches are complete, the students will embroider their chosen plants, using at least three different thread colors. Lastly, students will insert their LED lights into their embroidered creations, sewing with conductive thread to attach the light to a battery power source. All materials are included in the cost of the class. About the lead Instructor Haerim Lee (Aka Rim Lee) is Chicago-based artist and art educator. Her practice is community oriented. She completed her MFA in the Painting and Drawing department, as well as MA in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has had solo shows at Gallery Noone (2017) and Kasia Kay Art Project (2012) in Chicago, and Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art (2012) in South Korea. She participated in group shows including The Body (2010) as a part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, Out of Context (2019) at Chicago Artist Coalition, Artists Run Chicago 2.0 at Hyde Park Art Center, and Young Eunji Connecting Memories: Consistently (2020) at Youngun Museum of Contemporary Art in S. Korea. She was awarded the Downtown Gary Public Art Competition from the Legacy Foundation (2017), Make Together (2020) from the Hyde Park Art Center, and Ox-bow fellowship (2021). . She was a resident artist in Hatch Projects Residency at the Chicago Artist Coalition (2018), a Center Program Artist at the Hyde Park Art Center (2018), and Ox-bow: Conversation in Practice (2021) fellowship resident artist. She is currently a resident artist in Parlour and Ramp (2021). She worked as an instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Please review and read our COVID-19 policies prior to attending the workshop.