INTERVIEW
Woven Tale Press

Jennifer Nelson 18 January 2018

Nelson: In “Memory of a Bowl” and “Memory of An Urn,” you trace the history of no-longer-in-use wooden bowls and broken artifacts. Can you explain the technique of creating these works using thread wrapped around the objects?

Klare: I am fascinated with the blurring of the lines between contemporary art, craft, and design. These “Memory” works sit somewhere between them, in that loosely drawn area, incorporating a technique that could be called “craft” (threadwork) but that crosses over to contemporary art and design…


I literally draw the lines and curves of each bowl, with my hands and with the thread.

 

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