Kim Tepe
kimtepeart.com
Instagram: @kimtepe74
"I take inspiration from the natural world, layering textiles to mimic the colors and textures in the landscape; Velvets becomes moss, wools become tree bark, and crisp satins becomes ice. I see complex in the ordinary and riches in the overlooked.”
Kim Tepe’s work looks to recreate textures and shapes found in nature. She creates microcosms with fabric and thread, recreating trees with life like tree bark, leaves, needles, lichen, moss, and individual mushroom gardens that stand alone to remind us of what is right outside our door.
Tepe uses a slew of traditional and nontraditional techniques such as quilting, embroidery and felting manipulating the media into shapes. She uses scrap fabric, upholstery samples, thrifted yarn, embroidery supplies, dying what she needs to get the desired results. It is not about technique but the process.
Instagram: @kimtepe74
"I take inspiration from the natural world, layering textiles to mimic the colors and textures in the landscape; Velvets becomes moss, wools become tree bark, and crisp satins becomes ice. I see complex in the ordinary and riches in the overlooked.”
Kim Tepe’s work looks to recreate textures and shapes found in nature. She creates microcosms with fabric and thread, recreating trees with life like tree bark, leaves, needles, lichen, moss, and individual mushroom gardens that stand alone to remind us of what is right outside our door.
Tepe uses a slew of traditional and nontraditional techniques such as quilting, embroidery and felting manipulating the media into shapes. She uses scrap fabric, upholstery samples, thrifted yarn, embroidery supplies, dying what she needs to get the desired results. It is not about technique but the process.
