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/