New Work...

Title: Untitled
Medium: Cotton thread, Toilet Papers holder, Tiles, Mixed Media
Technique: loom weaving, cross-stitching
Year: 2012

Yu Cotton-well
http://www.cotton-well.com/

Out There Exhibition at Gallery 825

I have a happy announcement of an exhibition that I am a part of!

Title: Out There exhibition - celebrating the LGBT experience during West Hollywood's Pride Month festivities.

Location: Gallery 825 825 N. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90069

Date: June 8th, Friday (Ending on June 15th, Friday)

Yu Cotton-well

http://www.cotton-well.com/

Thai Dance Performance at Renaissance Faire!

Lan Sattha Thai Dancers performed at Renaissance Pleasure Faire last weekend!

It was super hot, but was definitely worth it :)
It's always fun performing in the dance group!

Dollmakers exhibition II happily extended!

Dollmaker Exhibition II, which I exhibit my work, got extended to May 5th, Sat!
My Hanako dolls will be there as well :)

Besides this exhibition, there have been a couple of other excitements...
:) I was a part of the Artist Talk at PS Zask Gallery last Sunday... It was actually my first time did any talk except ones in college. It went pretty well and I'm so glad I did that after all :)
:) I got accepted to be a part of an exhibition called, "Home is where the needle marks". This is sooooo exciting!!! The exhibition will be open in beginning of June. I will keep you posted for details...

Enjoy beautiful Spring!

Art Exhibition Announcement

I will be a part of this exhibition called, "Dollmakers II exhibition", happening at Cactus Gallery. The opening reception will be on March 10th, Sat, and will be there until beginning of April.

Cactus Gallery is such a fun place to visit... happy, colorful, and lively!
Please come visit and say hello to My Hanako Doll series which will be happily exhibited :)

"Lost But Profound" Exhibition

I am a part of this exhibition, "Los But Profound" exhibition at PS Zask Gallery. The opening reception was placed last Saturday, and the exhibition will be exhibited until April 8th, Sun.

The plant dress, "Yesterday on the Back, Sprout through the Chest" and my newest work, "I almost could reach you" are exhibited, and I had so many great feedback from audiences.

All the art works are created by the artists who work with found objects.
I was amazed how the artists applied all sorts of found objects to create such incredible works of art!
I strongly recommend you to visit the gallery if you happen to be in the area. PS Zask is a beautiful space to appreciate arts.

Yu Cotton-well
http://www.cotton-well.com/

Happy Belated Valentine's

It has become kind of our ritual... Kazu's illustration and my baking for Valentine's...

Portait of me, illustrated by Kazutabu...

"Chocolate cake with the bitter love triangle" baked by me...

I hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day :)

New Friends...

I first created this tiny dolls about a year ago, and those girls have been giving me so much joy and inspirations...

They are supposed to be the modern interpretation of Japanese traditional doll, Kokeshi, which shows reservedness and humbleness. They have been such wonderful messengers of mine :)

"Wait for Me after"

After the piece, "Wait for Me after" was happily adopted by a collector, I got pretty lonely without them, and I created new friends... 

Let me introduce you...

"Sing with Me Not"

"I Love You, I Love You Not"

"Promises between Indigo and Tangerine"

And, good news is, you will get to meet them if you come by at CAFAM between Feb 7, Tue and 12, Sun, 12 - 3pm!

Please  stop by if you have a chance :)

Yu Cotton-well

http://www.cotton-well.com/

Changarrito! Maximo Gonzalez "Playful" Exhibition

I am a part of this exhibition, "playful" by Maximo Gonzalez at Craft Folk art Museum, Opening reception tomorrow, Jan 28th, Sat at 6 - 9pm. During the reception, me and two other artists will be showing and selling our work at a cart right outside of the museum.
and, I will be showing my work again at the same location between feb 7, Tue and 12, Sun, 12 - 3pm.

We just had a press lease preview yesterday with the cart outside, and it went great! Can't wait for Saturday's opening :)

FYI since there is no commission with the gallery for selling works, the price will be really good deal...
If you're free or are in the area, please come by and say hi :)

Art in the Parking Space by Pacific Standard TIme

This is such a last minute notice... but I will be performing in this event called, Art in the Parking Space by Pacific Standard Time, tonight (Jan 24th), 7-9pm at Standard Hotel on Sunset Blvd!
There will be ten performing groups, and our group is one of them. We'll be performing with some Sculptural objects, created by the artist, Krysten Cunningham. That's all I can say for now :)

I think this is gonna be an experimental, unpredictable, and exciting event to watch...
Hope I will see you all there!

Ho Ho Ho!

Happy Holidays!

Season Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year!!!

I.O.U at Figueroa Produce Market

My work, I.O.U. has been exhibited at Figueroa Produce Market in LA.

Curated by The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Folk Art Everywhere!

I.O.U by Yu Cotton-well, 

handmade stuffed animals with diagrams in the handmade boxes with silkscreen, 2011

This will be there until mid-April.

Yu Cotton-well

http://www.cotton-well.com/

Kyou-Ten at Mecado La Paloma.

My art work, Kyou-Ten has been installed at Mercado La Paloma, Downtown LA!

Curated by The Craft and Folk art Museum, Folk Art Everywhere.

"Kyou-Ten", by Yu Cotton-well, dyed and folded organza silk with ginkgo leaves, 2011

Will be exhibited there until mid-April.

The mercado also has incredible food! My favorites are Peruvian place, Mo-Chica, and Southern Mexican place, Chichen Itza!

Baking for Occasions!

Pumpkin Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosting for Halloween :)

Carrot Cupcakes for Catering for the Lunar Moods Exhibition that I was part of...

Since the theme was the moon, I put star-shaped sprinkles on top.

White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies! Those were mailed to my lovely family in Japan with holiday gift.

My signature Flan... I baked for a pot luck party for Weaving class that I've been taking :)

Fun Fun Fun!!!

How I have been...

Regardless of my excuses, it's been such a looong time since the last post...
Anyways, I've been doing well :)

This past summer, I performed Thai Dance for several shows for Lan Sattha Company, and also had a art exhibition which was curated by Create : Fixate.

Lan Sattha Girls at Renaissance Pleasure Faire...

with my babies at Create : Fixate Exhibition...

In Fall, I had two exhibitions... first one was Sacred Memories Exhibition: Celebration of Day of the Dead, happened at Historical Pico Art Gallery in Downtown LA. Five of my art works were selected including the performance installation, Enmeshed :)

The second one was Lunar Moods: Stories & Myths about the Moon exhibition at Ave50 Studio, Highland Park. 

More post will be up shortly :)

Yu Cotton-well
http://www.cotton-well.com/

3yrs 9mons 25dys

I have created this piece about a year ago...


"3yrs 9mons 25dys"

This piece was created to store my personal memories in drawers. I often find it is difficult to explain things in only words. That was how I started creating my three-dimensional diaries which not only have words, but also have significant visuals.

I wanted this piece to be private, and the drawers were chosen because they are designed to hide items within. People usually do not see the inside of the drawers until they pull them out from the frame, just as it were their memories taken out from their heart.

 

created by cotton-well
http://www.cotton-well.com/

Photographed by Kazutabu
http://kazutabu.com/

Happy Birthday Mommy!

For my mom's birthday, I made a painting. It had been a long time since I did last time, and I very much enjoyed :)
Since I mostly work on Fiber/Mixed Media Art projects, it is quite refreshing to work with totally different media.

 I put "zuzu" which is her nickname<3

Almost every time I do a painting, I love to attach a drawer handle on the top for decoration :)

Infinity Art Gallery: Fiber Art Juried Show

Some of my works have been up online for a Juried Show, and they will be there until May 15th.
My works are under my artist name, cotton-well.

http://www.infinityartgallery.com/fiber-arts/gallery2/

There are so many inspiring works at the exhibition :)


Enjoy!




cotton-well
http://www.cotton-well.com/

"When the Sun Becomes a Memory"

This piece was dedicated to the victims of Earthquakes and Pacific Tsunami in Japan.

After people were stolen by Tsunami and passed away, they were lifted from the sea and were able to go home, in another word, to go to heaven in peace. The relationship between the sand on the ground and the blue pieces represent that people were rescued to go to a heaven from the sea.

The piece also indicates the distance between the victims in the sea and the world they left. There may be a sense of an desolation, but also peacefulness after the tragedy.

 

Any profit I will earn from this piece will fully be donated to Red Cross.

Created by cotton-well

http://www.cotton-well.com/

Photographed by BeBe Jacobs  

Handmade Birthday Gifts ♪

For my lovely niece, Chinatsu. I baked shot-bread cookies for her Birthday :)

 Now, the apron is wrapped around her baby doll, Konatsu. How cute!

 

For my friend, Christina's birthday, I made place mats.

I made an apron for Sally for her birthday! I very much enjoyed making this :)

Some people have asked me if they can buy this, so I might make more!

I love loooove making something for friend's and family's birthday! I wish I could do this for everybody because I think it's a great way to show them my love. It's like, there is not only the objects itself, but also there is something extra in them ;)