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Easker, Velga
Extent
20" x 25"
Type (DCMIType)
Still image
Type (AAT)
Collages (Visual works)
Material/Technique
Collage: envelopes, found material, transparency, hand and machine stitched
Digital Collection
The Daily Palette Digital Collection
Subcollection
Visual Arts
Contributing Institution
University of Iowa. School of Art and Art History
Rights Management
Digital collection © The University of Iowa. All works are copyright the individual artist.
Contact Information
Contact the Daily Palette:
http://dailypalette.uiowa.edu/page2.php
Daily Palette Appearance
2008-08-06
Artist's Biography
Born
in
Valmiera
,
Latvia
,
Velga
Easker
grew
up
in
Des
Moines
,
Iowa
,
earned
a
BA
in
Art
,
University
of
Iowa
, and
recently
left
full
time
employment
in
various
human
service
capacities
. She has
attended
numerous
workshops
and
conferences
with a
concentrated
interest
in
fibers
and
is
a
founding
member
and
holder
of
several
offices
in the
Cedar
Rapids
Fiber
Artist
Guild
.
Easker
began
exploring
the
potential
of
using
discarded
everyday
materials
in
creating
collages
and
assemblages
eighteen
years
ago
. She has
exhibited
throughout
the
Midwest
;
involved
others
in
collaborative
projects
where
she has
assembled
the
finished
work
for
exhibition
,
including
at the
University
of
Iowa
Hospitals
and
Clinics
,
Marion
Arts
Festival
,
All
Saints
School
,
Cedar
Rapids
,
Iowa
, and
Francis
Marion
Intermediate
School
,
Marion
,
Iowa
.
Major
commissions
include
20
works
for
Mercy
Hospitals
in
Cedar
Rapids
,
Iowa
,
Waverly
Health
Center
in
Waverly
,
Iowa
, and
Hotel
Pattee
, an
historic
Iowa
landmark
in
Perry
,
Iowa
,
which
is
included
in the
book
,
Lit
By the
Sun
, the
Art
and
Artists
of the
Hotel
Pattee
.
Artist's Statement
Of her
work
,
Easker
writes
, 'For a
number
of
years
,
I
have been
intrigued
by the
process
of
bringing
order
and
new
meaning
to
societal
discards
by
deconstructing
and
assembling
them to
create
collages
and
assemblages
which
have an
emphasis
on
pattern
and
design
.
Current
work
has
focused
on
using
materials
associated
with
communication
,
ie.
,
cancelled
postage
stamps
,
envelopes
, and
received
junk
mail
.
I
coax
and
manipulate
these
materials
into
images
created
within
the
structure
of a
more
traditional
art
form
sometimes
incorporating
transparent
overlays
and
machine
stitching
.
Admiring
the
work
of
resourceful
pioneer
women
who
used
scraps
of
fabric
and
worn
out
clothing
to
create
beautifully
artistic
and
functional
quilts
, in these
pieces
I
attempt
to
echo
that
early
recycling
spirit
.
Layered
within
these
patterns
are
subtle
connections
and
rhythms
which
are
revealed
upon
closer
inspection
. As a
child
emigre
from
Latvia
, a
country
with a
strong
craft
tradition
,
I
have
enjoyed
a
bi-cultural
existence
,
which
has
expanded
my
vision
of the
world
and
taught
me
not to
accept
the
obvious
.
I
watched
my
mother
create
beautiful
ethnic
needlework
as
well
as
ingenious
yet
sometimes
startling
combinations
to
patch
and
extend
the
life
of
outgrown
clothing.
'
Artist/Gallery web Site
http://www.easkerart.com/velga.php
Identifier
velgaeasker.jpg
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