Working with found objects, fabric remnants, wood, sewing notions and other everyday objects, Denise Yaghmourian creates sculptural boxes that rely on repetition to create a sense of infinite wonder. Conjoining the repetitive process inherent in machine-made items with laboriously repetitious handwork, Yaghmourian embraces the hypnotic and meditative inherent in both. The artist enjoys scavenging through notion and fabric stores, thrift shops and toy stores to ferret out materials she uses to entice the viewer to step closer to her finished work in order to relate to the objects in divergent ways and ultimately to observe them in a different light.
Yaghmourian’s latest work includes primarily black and white pieces that utilize the box or cube as their most basic sculptural form. Simple hook-and-eye tape, typically used in bra and corset making, is combined with hand-sewn patterns, with the tape becoming an unusual canvas upon which the artist forms detailed patterns with thread.
