Miles of thread and thousand of nails are the matter of Kim Kamens' newest body of work. At a distance, these black and white images appear to be charcoal or pencil drawings, but upon closer inspection, the labor intensive madness of the artist is revealed. Each "drawing" is composed of miles of sewing thread bridging nail heads to create a highly rendered image. She connects these points repeatedly until she achieves the desired tone and form. This is quite a departure from the large colorful hand-carved relief panels of her previous sculptural series.
Kamens is a graduate of Tyler School of the Arts and has a degree in glass. She is inspired by her relationships with the people around her and tries to translate those experiences and emotions into her work.
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