Patricia Iglesias

Bio

Patricia Iglesias is a jewelry artist, who lives and works in Punta Arenas, Chile. She was trained in Technical Drawing and Interior and Equipment Design, she has completed Diplomas in Interior Design and Visual Arts. She learned goldsmithing in her hometown and has expanded her studies in jewelry and object creation workshops in Santiago de Chile. The artist is an active member and part of the Board of the Joya Brava Association and a member of the Fundación Artística de Chile, Brújula-Art. Her pieces have been presented in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Spain, and Poland.

Statement

I work with my environment and my own history, I build objects that evoke the concept of self-generation of protection, which comes from the desire to find a lair in the face of so much immensity -the pampas of Patagonia.
I mostly use wefts woven and sewn with fibers and threads, using techniques usually reserved for the female sphere within the domestic space and invented from the imagination and memory of family experiences, evoking that "handmade" world, ancestral, and that disappears little by little, in an increasingly industrial and globalized world.
I take the fabrics beyond their original function to re-signify it and connect with my roots, my work speaks of a memory that recognizes the past. I elaborate plots to build objects deconstructing the fabric, rebelling against the idea of ​​“gender role”. I build pieces/objects made in a non-traditional way to convey their emotional message. I call for the participation of the viewer, body, and piece to establish a certain relationship, to carry these objects you have to be an accomplice, connect with their poetics.
 

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