metaphorical textile sculpture …the passion of form, composition, and concept

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armor and facade series

armor and facade series
ceremonial mask series

ceremonial mask series
art jewelry

art jewelry
vessels

vessels
wall work

wall work
resilience of roses project

resilience of roses project
heads and torsos

heads and torsos
sketches

sketches

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In-progress night-work details of “Exodus 2; Map” #kaykhanart #contemporaryfiberart #contemporaryfibreart #contemporaryfiberartist #contemporaryfibreartist #textilesculpture #textilearmor #textileninja #patinagallery #patinagalleryartist
“Cafe Guy”; 8” x8”; silk, cotton, archival ink; paint; quilted, appliquéd, painted, drawn, hand and machine stitched #kaykhanart #textileninja #contemporaryfibreart #contemporaryfiberart #contemporaryfibreartist #contem
“Exodus 2: Map”; in progress, barely begun… #kaykhanart #contemporyfibreart #contemporaryfiberart #contemporaryfibreartist #textileninja #contemporaryfiberartist #textilesculpture
“Swimmer” (formally meant to be “Jumper”; scroll to see former sketch); 8” x 8”; silk, cotton edge binding, archival ink, paint; quilted, appliquéd, hand and machine stitched, painted, drawn; ©️Kay Khan
“The Exodus”; 27” h x 25”w x 5”d; quilted with many layers, hand and machine stitched, painted, appliquéd, embroidered silks; cotton t-shirt dress and felt internally between layers; hidden wire along bottom rim t
“The Exodus 2: Map” is in progress. I’ve posted images of it (scroll through) in chronologically reverse order. It’s a complicated wall-work artwork version of “armor” built with the armature already inside it.
THE EXODUS 25”h x 27”w x 5”d Quilted, hand and machine stitched, hand embroidered, painted, constructed; silk, cotton, thread, paint, t-shirt dress (embedded); felt (hidden between layers); custom steel armature for wall display (al
I started a new page on my website: 2024. New work and newly photographed work is on the page. This one - “Ancestral Mien” - is a reworked baby’s dress that is “armored”/stitched with imagined images of her ancestors. It
Last evening I received this email from the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton (suburb of Boston), MA, USA. “Mythology” is in their permanent collection.: Hi Kay, We are thrilled to inform you that “Mythology”, is currently on di
This vessel Gesture, which is in the permanent collection of the Racine Art Museum (RAM) in Wisconsin, USA was recently (February 28, 2024 - May 18, 2024) exhibited in the RAM exhibit “In Between: Contemporary Artists Working in Two and Three D

…the passion of form; the intricacies and intersections of composition, metaphor and concept