[Diem Chau] crayon people

Yellow Girl / Carved crayon & wood base / 3" W x 3.5" H x 3"D

Storytelling Crayons installation view / Carved crayons & wood base / Dimension varies 

Girl and Dog / Carved crayons & wood base / 3" W x 3.5" H x 2" D

Cristiano Ronaldo in White from Crayola. Introduced in the Studio & School 12 box in 1903.

commissioned by Wieden + Kennedy to carve 66 crayons for Nike's promotion of World Cup 2010

detailed posting at her [blog]

A Vietnam native, Diem Chau and her family came to America as refugees in 1986. Chau is a BFA graduate from Cornish College of the Arts and has received an Artist Trust GAP Grant and a PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Award. Her work has been exhibited in New York, Miami, Seattle and Los Angeles.

Chau combines common mediums and common means to create delicate vignettes of fleeting memory, gesture and form, resulting in works that combine egalitarian sensibility and minimalist restraint. Her work touches on the value of Storytelling, Myths and its ability to connect us to each other through cultural and humanistic similarities. Chau's current work drifts into new territory by exploring the periphery of the narrative, moments forgotten and faded, or too brief to retain. Seattle, WA [Diem Chau]

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I love love love Chau's crayon people!!! They are so cute!! It's always fun and a great way to get to know the artist and her work when she has a blog that illustrates the process of her works (another blogger to follow!)

She also has some new works that are more delicate.

Untitled / Porcelain cup, silk, thread / 3.25" dia x 2" h

Braids / Porcelain bowl, silk, thread / 5.25" Dia x 3" H

 Untitled / Porcelain plate, silk, thread / 6.25" Dia

Link / Porcelain bowl, silk, thread / 4.5" Dia x 2.5" H

I think her new works have more serenity and feels Asian (maybe it's the long black braided hair, which kind of reminds me of the ghost from the Ring, yikes). She embroiders ceramic bowls and plates. How? Find out from her blog [here and here], it's pretty amazing.