Lydia Kern "Weighted Blanket"
vinyl fabric, embroidery thread, stimulus checks, rose, hand mirror, whistles, bouquet, Christmas lights, aquarium plants, fur stole, masks, Norman Rockwell plate, lexapro bottles, scale, discarded trophy, pieces of a tail light, chandelier crystals, paper white bulb, spatula, frying pan/ 6.5’ x5.5’ / 2021/ $2,750
Artist Statement
The objects in Weighted Blanket were given from friends, personal belongings, found in a dumpster, a thrift store, or on the side of the road during the pandemic. What gets inherited from generation to generation, physically and psychologically, and how do those things live in our bodies? How do we engage in the process of deciding what to keep, discard, or mend, everything laid out in full transparency? What forms of comfort can be healing to the body’s nervous system, and what false forms are eventually crushing? For me, stitching is a generative method of self soothing while dealing with weighty material.
Artist Bio
Lydia Kern is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Burlington,Vermont. Lydia has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center, the Lab Program in Mexico City, the Generator, and New City Galerie. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2015 with bachelor's degrees in social work and studio art. Lydia is a part of the artist team behind the project GESTURES, a platform for creating more equitable and affordable art collecting. In her free time, Lydia enjoys pickling vegetables, roller skating, and bird watching.
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Price does NOT include tax & shipping. Contact robert@collarworks.org for shipping options and estimate.
vinyl fabric, embroidery thread, stimulus checks, rose, hand mirror, whistles, bouquet, Christmas lights, aquarium plants, fur stole, masks, Norman Rockwell plate, lexapro bottles, scale, discarded trophy, pieces of a tail light, chandelier crystals, paper white bulb, spatula, frying pan/ 6.5’ x5.5’ / 2021/ $2,750
Artist Statement
The objects in Weighted Blanket were given from friends, personal belongings, found in a dumpster, a thrift store, or on the side of the road during the pandemic. What gets inherited from generation to generation, physically and psychologically, and how do those things live in our bodies? How do we engage in the process of deciding what to keep, discard, or mend, everything laid out in full transparency? What forms of comfort can be healing to the body’s nervous system, and what false forms are eventually crushing? For me, stitching is a generative method of self soothing while dealing with weighty material.
Artist Bio
Lydia Kern is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Burlington,Vermont. Lydia has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center, the Lab Program in Mexico City, the Generator, and New City Galerie. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2015 with bachelor's degrees in social work and studio art. Lydia is a part of the artist team behind the project GESTURES, a platform for creating more equitable and affordable art collecting. In her free time, Lydia enjoys pickling vegetables, roller skating, and bird watching.
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Price does NOT include tax & shipping. Contact robert@collarworks.org for shipping options and estimate.
vinyl fabric, embroidery thread, stimulus checks, rose, hand mirror, whistles, bouquet, Christmas lights, aquarium plants, fur stole, masks, Norman Rockwell plate, lexapro bottles, scale, discarded trophy, pieces of a tail light, chandelier crystals, paper white bulb, spatula, frying pan/ 6.5’ x5.5’ / 2021/ $2,750
Artist Statement
The objects in Weighted Blanket were given from friends, personal belongings, found in a dumpster, a thrift store, or on the side of the road during the pandemic. What gets inherited from generation to generation, physically and psychologically, and how do those things live in our bodies? How do we engage in the process of deciding what to keep, discard, or mend, everything laid out in full transparency? What forms of comfort can be healing to the body’s nervous system, and what false forms are eventually crushing? For me, stitching is a generative method of self soothing while dealing with weighty material.
Artist Bio
Lydia Kern is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Burlington,Vermont. Lydia has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center, the Lab Program in Mexico City, the Generator, and New City Galerie. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2015 with bachelor's degrees in social work and studio art. Lydia is a part of the artist team behind the project GESTURES, a platform for creating more equitable and affordable art collecting. In her free time, Lydia enjoys pickling vegetables, roller skating, and bird watching.
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