Daphne Chen - Works Template - Textiles - RISD Senior Show 2020

Daphne is a textile artist and designer, graduating from the Textiles department at RISD. She is focused on combining materiality and textile structures in her works to create experimental forms and experiences that deal with the human condition. Her work attempts to push the conventions of textiles through the dimensionality and physicality of surfaces and structures. Daphne is interested in creating installations that speak to the Asian American narrative. She also wants to use her knowledge of weaving, knitting, and printing to create technical textiles that are at the intersection between art and function.

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The Pledge

Digital Print on Cotton Sateen
60" x 54"

Referencing imagery from Dorothea Lange's photographs, this installation examines the generational and historical ambiguity of acceptance, belonging, and alienation of Asian Americans.

Imagery of Home

Digital Print on Cotton Sateen
116.5" x 54"

Exploring the imagery of home in reference to history, chinoiserie, nostalgia, and the American Dream.

The Substance of Our Collective Identity

Digital Print on Cotton Sateen
72" x 54"

How substantial are the things we identify with in spaces that we attempt to make our own.

Those We Leave Behind

Digital Print
72" x 54"

Intended to be woven as a jacquard with different textured yarns.

妈妈爱吃鱼头

Polyester, Rayon, Cotton, Mohair, Nylon, Wool,
72" x 54"

The title translates to "Mom Likes to Eat The Head of The Fish." The fish takes long to prepare. The head is bony and she always serves me the fillet. Woven on a jacquard loom.