Both artists use traditional
crocheted doilies as well as more contemporary paper versions as starting points, and then create new contexts for them outside in the landscape. NeSpoon, a street artist working in Poland, often begins with printed paper doilies. She creates large, intricate stencils and stamps that are then used on the sides of buildings as well as under, over and on streets and bridges. Jennifer Cecere, working in New York, has a different approach. She uses doilies to create furniture and objects in other materials as well as giant crocheted pieces that are sometimes site specific.
Traditional needlecrafts are spun into the landscape as monumental artworks Tending home gardens, along
with many other anonymous daily crafts that have enriched family lives, have long been the province of women. Both Cecere’s and NeSpoon’s work spins these traditional needlecrafts into the landscape as monumental artworks and elevates their importance to our daily lives both past and present. by susan cohan LEAF MAGAZINE
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