NORTHWEST WOMEN ARTISTS : 1880 — 2010
ID#:
2010.0053.000011
Description:
Diem Chau
Born 1979
Union, 2008
Silk organza, thread, and porcelain cup
Gift of Safeco Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, and Washington Art Consortium

Diem Chau creates unusual relief sculptures by embroidering images on silk mounted on ordinary porcelain dinnerware. The intimate scale of these household items, combined with evocative details of the human figure, provides traces of childhood stories or memories.
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