The Things that Connect Us: Fiber Arts with an Artistic Lens
Level of Education of Students Involved
Undergraduate
Faculty Sponsor
Sarah Jantzi
College
College of Arts & Sciences (CAS)
Discipline(s)
Communications and Visual Arts
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Symposium Date
Spring 4-24-2025
Abstract
Fiber art is a medium that stretches across generations of people and continues to connect the past to the present. My project is called The Things that Connect Us: Fiber Arts with an Artistic Lens. Crochet has been part of my life since I was 10 years old and is still a big part of who I am as an artist. This technique is unique because it can only be done by hand. With my piece, I wanted to use this medium and put it on a canvas like how paint is traditionally applied. I took a lot of inspiration from Miriam Schapiro and the femmage movement. This movement wanted to highlight the importance of art traditionally done by women who were given less respect by other fine artists and to give them a platform to create. I want people to see crochet as more than just being done for utility without any artistic purpose and for it to not be dismissed by people who feel that it can't and shouldn't be fine art.
Recommended Citation
Bass, Bryanna, "The Things that Connect Us: Fiber Arts with an Artistic Lens" (2025). Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 1422.
https://scholar.valpo.edu/cus/1422
Biographical Information about Author(s)
Bryanna Bass is a junior psychology major with a minor in art. She has always been interested in being creative and making new things. With her project, she wanted to see how she could pull in crochet experience and use that to invent something new. She wants to continue to innovate outside of art and bring these thought processes into psychology research.