Polly Jacobs Giacchina



Confluence
Pieced Reflections
Let It Flow


I have a passion for my work. Fiber is a flexible, textural medium creating undulating, tactile sculpture. My work has a connection to nature, as I am intrigued by the contours and shapes of stones, trees, seeds and pods. I am also inspired by the human form, interpreted by my figurative weavings. A third area of inspiration is when a word might begin the creative process. This will allow the woven sculpture to intertwine thoughts or text with the natural weaving materials. I continually explore form and structure with the twining technique. The predominately chosen natural fiber, date palm seed frond, is a strong textural material with varying earth-tone colors. Painted canvas is sometimes interlaced for additional color, or metals twined for reflective and contrasting textures. There is a sense of personal completion as my work transforms parts of nature to a new interpretation.





2008 “Forms in Wood and Fiber-New Southern California Work”, Mingei International Museum Balboa Park, San Diego, CA “Natural Forces” Visions Art Quilt Gallery San Diego, CA “California Dreaming” Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art Tarpon Springs, Florida “Bamboo By Design” Fountainhead Gallery Seattle, WA SOFA Chicago, represented by Katie Gingrass Gallery Milwaukie WI 2007 Response To Fiber solo show Bridge Street Gallery Cambria, CA SOFA Katie Gingrass Gallery of Milwaukee Chicago IL All Things Considered IV National Basketry Organization Arrowmont School Gatlinburg, TN 2006 “Material Difference” Chicago Cultural Center Chicago, Illinois SOFA Chicago” at the Katie Gingrass Gallery of Milwaukee WI “Defining the Bamboo Aesthetic” Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery, Portland Oregon 2005 “Bamboo” solo exhibition La Jolla Fiber Arts La Jolla, CA “A Tribute To Fiber” Apex Gallery Washington DC “Uncommon Threads” Studio Channel Islands Art Center Camarillo, CA 2004 “Contemporary Basketry 2004” del Mano Gallery Los Angeles, CA “Low Altitude/High Attitude” HGA Convergence U of Colorado Art Gallery Colorado Springs, CO “Beyond Warp and Weft/Contemporary Fibers” William D. Cannon Gallery Carlsbad CA “Contemporary Fibers” Wignall Museum Gallery Chaffee College, CA 2003 “Baskets Now” National Basketry Organization Yeiser Art Center Paducah, KY “Contemporary Basketry 2003” del Mano Gallery Los Angeles, CA “Annual Basketry Invitational” Gallerymateria Scottsdale Arizona “ L.A. Artists/L.A. Collectors” Los Angeles International Airport, Bradley Terminal Los Angles, CA “The Telephone Project” La Jolla Fiber Arts La Jolla, CA 2002 “The Art of Contemporary Basketry” Gallerymateria Scottsdale, Arizona “Contemporary Natural Basketry” Thirteen Moons Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico SOFA Chicago Sculptural Objects and Functional Art Chicago, IL del Mano Gallery “Contemporary Baskets 2002” del Mano Gallery Los Angeles, CA “The Exceptional Vessel IV Basketry and Beyond” La Jolla Fiber Arts La Jolla, CA 2001 “In A Word” featured exhibition del Mano Gallery Los Angeles, CA “Outside the Box” Boehem Gallery, Palomar College San Diego, CA “The Exceptional Vessel III” La Jolla Fiber Arts La Jolla, CA “Contemporary Baskets 2001” del Mano Gallery Los Angeles, CA “5th Annual Human Figure Show” Sumner & Dene Gallery San Diego, CA

2005 American Craft Magazine April/May 2005 Gallery section Shuttle Spindle Dyepot Spring 2005 “The New Sculpture” 2004 National Basketry Org. Newsletter/April & Rancho Cucamonga Voice “Weaving Some Fascinating Art” 2003 Surface Design Journal Winter issue “Telephone Project” 2001 American Craft Magazine April/May Gallery Section 2000 Basketry, Traditions and Beyond Leier Peters and Wallace Guild Publishing

del Mano - Santa Monica, CA The Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI La Jolla FiberArts, La Jolla, CA
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