Kristen Miller
Silhouette #1
2024 found cotton dish towel, vintage Italian glass beads, silk and nylon threads 9" x 7" (12 5/8" x 10 1/4" framed) Available
Silhouette #2
2024 found cotton dish towel, vintage Italian glass beads, silk and nylon threads 9" x 7" (12 5/8" x 10 1/4" framed) Available
Untitled
2024 found cotton dish towel, cotton organdy fabric, vintage Italian glass beads, silk and nylon threads 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" (8 3/4" x 11 7/8" framed) Available
Kemijärvi
2022 found Finnish table cloth, silk and wool thread 10" x 14 3/4" ( 12 1/2" x 17 1/4" framed) Available
Lakeside/Ice Crystals
2022 found Finnish tablecloth, silk and linen thread 10 3/4" x 10 3/4" (17" x 16 1/2" framed) Available
Night
2022 cotton organdy, vintage Italian glass beads, nylon thread 6 1/2" x 5" Sold
Night/Stars
2022 cotton organdy, vintage Italian glass beads, nylon thread 6 1/2" x 5" (11 1/2" x 9 3/4" framed) Sold
Orchard
2022 found cotton dish towel, vintage French steel beads, silk, and nylon threads 8" x 8" (12 1/4" x 12 1/4") Sold
Seasons #1, # 2
2022 found Finnish rayon napkins, silk thread diptych, 7" x 7" each (11 1/2" x 11 1/2" framed) Available
Untitled
2022 chine colle 15" x 17" (20" x 22" framed) Available
Day After Day #5, #6, #7
2021 found cotton and rayon napkin, cotton organdy fabric, vintage Italian glass beads, nylon thread 6" x 12" Sold
Entry #1
2021 linen, glass beads, and nylon thread 6" x 7", 14 ⅜" x 15" Available
Entry #2
2021 ramie fabric, glass beads, and nylon thread 4 ¼" x 6", 14 ⅜" x 15" Sold
Flag/Tears
2021 recycled linen dishtowel, vintage glass beads, nylon thread 9" x 12" Available
Gone
2021 cotton organdy, silk thread, vintage Italian glass beads 8" x 11" Available
Here
2021 cotton organdy fabric, silk thread 8" x 11" Sold
Too Early
2021 found Finnish linen napkin, vintage Italian glass beads, nylon thread 11 1/2" x 11" (17" x 16 1/2" framed) Available
Columbia/Wolf
2020 Ramie fabric, glass beads, and nylon thread 7" x 13", 12 ½" x 19 ½" (framed) Sold
Day After Day #1
2020 found cotton napkin, vintage Italian glass beads, nylon thread 7 1/4" x 5 1/4" Available
Day After Day #2
2020 found cotton napkin, vintage Italian glass beads, nylon thread 7 1/4" x 5 1/4" Available
Day After Day #3
2020 found cotton towel, cotton organdy, vintage Italian glass beads, nylon thread 6 1/4" x 4" Available
Day After Day #4
2020 found cotton towel, cotton organdy, vintage Italian glass beads, nylon thread 6 1/4" x 4" Available
Smoke 2020
2020 found cotton/linen napkins, vintage Italian glass beads, silk and nylon threads 8" x 8" (12 1/4" x 12 1/4") Available
Summer into Fall
2020 found paper, glass beads, organdy, and nylon thread 6 1/2" x 5 1/4" Sold
Weight of the Sky #1
2020 found cotton napkin, cotton organdy, vintage Italian glass beads, nylon thread 6" x 4 1/4" Available
Weight of the Sky #2
2020 found cotton napkin, cotton organdy, vintage Italian glass beads, nylon thread 6" x 4 1/4" Sold
Winter into Spring
2020 found paper, glass beads, organdy, and nylon thread 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" Sold
April 2019
2019 cotton organdy fabric, glass beads, and nylon thread 7 1/2" x 8" Available
Before Sleep
2019 cotton organdy, found silk, cotton trim, Korean paper, and silk thread 15 3/4" x 10 3/4" Sold
Closer #1
2019 cotton organdy fabric and silk thread 3 3/4" x 7 3/4" Available
Closer #2
2019 cotton organdy fabric and silk thread 6 1/4" x 5 1/4" Sold
Closer #3
2019 cotton organdy fabric and silk thread 6 5/16" x 5" Available
Closer #4
2019 cotton organdy fabric and silk thread 5 1/2" x 8" Available
Closer #6
2019 cotton organdy fabric and silk thread 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Sold
Closer #7
2019 cotton organdy fabric and silk thread 5" x 8" Sold
Coloration
2019 found cotton handkerchief, Korean ramie fabric, and silk thread 11 1/4" x 16 1/4" Available
Drifting/Lippa
2019 cotton organdy fabric, glass beads, and silk and nylon thread 6 5/8" x 4 5/8" Sold
March 2019
2019 organdy fabric, glass beads, and nylon thread 7 1/2" x 8" Available
Smoke #1
2019 cotton organdy fabric and silk thread 6 1/2" x 7 3/4" Available
Smoke #2
2019 cotton organdy fabric and silk thread 6 1/2" x 7 3/4" Available
Whiteout
2019 found silk and cotton handkerchiefs, and silk thread 11 1/4" x 12 1/2" Sold
Brighten and Fade #1
2018 mat board, organdy fabric, foil paper, glass beads, and nylon thread 4 1/2" x 9 1/2" Sold
Brighten and Fade #2
2018 mat board, organdy fabric, foil paper, and silk thread 4 1/2" x 9 1/4" Sold
Greenspace
2018 found cotton handkerchief, organdy and cotton striped fabric, glass beads, and nylon thread 9 3/4" x 10" Available
By Instinct (Striped Map)
2017 cotton organdy and nylon thread 11" x 11" Sold
untitled
2017 cotton organdy, glass beads, and nylon thread 6 1/4" x 6 7/8", 13 1/2" x 13 7/8" (framed) Sold
Well/Spring
2018 cotton organdy, glass beads, nylon and silk thread 6 1/2" x 4 1/2", 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" (framed) Sold
Steps
2018 cotton organdy, glass beads, nylon and silk thread 7" x 6 1/4", 14" x 13" (framed) Available
Spring
2018 cotton organdy, glass beads, nylon and silk thread 7 1/4" x 6 1/2", 13 1/2" x 10 7/8" (framed) Sold
Shadow/Shade
2018 cotton organdy, glass beads, nylon and silk threads 5" x 7", 12 1/8" x 13 7/8" (framed) Sold
Sparks
2018 cotton organdy, glass beads, nylon and silk thread 6 1/4" x 4 1/2", 12 3/8" x 10 3/8" (framed) Sold
Within/Without
2017 cotton organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 6" x 6 1/4" (13" x 13" framed) Sold
Within/Without
2017 cotton organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 6" x 6 1/4" (13" x 13" framed) Available
White River/White Clouds
2017 cotton organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 4" x 6" (8" x 10" framed) Sold
Net
2017 cotton organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 4" x 6" (8" x 10" framed) Available
Mountains
2017 cotton organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 4" x 6" (8" x 10" framed) Sold
Black River/Black Clouds
2017 cotton organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 4" x 6" )8" x 10" framed) Sold
By Instinct (White Map)
2016 organdy and cotton thread 13" x 13" Sold
By Instinct (Blue Map)
2016 organdy and nylon thread 13" x 13" Sold
January 2016
2016 found cotton handkerchief, scattered beads and nylon thread 12 3/4" x 12 3/4" Sold
Field
2015 found nylon scarf, glass beads, nylon thread 12 1/4" x 12 1/4" Sold
Shared Paths
2016 cotton organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 10" x 6 1/2" Available
October Light
2015 organdy, tissue paper, beads, nylon and silk thread 11" x 12 1/2" Available
Ghost City
2016 found cotton handkerchief, white glass beads, gray glass beads and nylon thread 11" x 11" Sold
Night After Night
2016 cotton organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 6 1/4" x 4" Sold
Turning White
2016 organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 5 1/4" x 6" Sold
Star
2016 organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 5 1/2" x 7" Available
Spring into Summer
2016 organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 5" x 7 1/2" Sold
Darkness and Light
2015 found broken mirror, rubber backing, organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 12 1/2" x 8" Sold
Untitled
2016 organdy and silk thread 7" x 5 1/2" Available
Umbrella Pines
2016 cotton organdy, glass beads and nylon thread 4 1/2" x 5 1/2" Sold
May 2015
2015 found handkerchief, beads, and nylon thread 10 1/4" x 10" Sold
Smoke
2014 silk handkerchief, glass beads and nylon thread 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" (12 1/8" x 12 1/8" framed) Available
Steam
2014 silk handkerchief, glass beads and nylon thread 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" (12 1/8" x 12 1/8" framed) Available
Silver Lining
2014 handkerchief, rhodium beads and nylon thread 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" (13 1/2" x 13 1/2" framed) Sold
Falling Stars
2014 silver beads, organdy, cotton and nylon threads 8" x 6" (13 5/8" x 11 7/8" framed) Sold
Horizon 1
2014 glass beads, organdy, cotton and nylon threads 8" x 6 1/2" (13 5/8" x 11 7/8" framed) Sold
Horizon 2
2014 glass beads, organdy, cotton and nylon threads 8" x 6 1/2" (13 5/8" x 11 7/8" framed) Sold
Sky
2013 glass beads, silk organdy, nylon and silk threads 6 1/2" x 4 3/4" (12 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 1 1/4" framed) Sold
Water
2013 glass beads, silk organdy, nylon and silk threads 6 1/2" x 4 3/4" (12 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 1 1/4" framed) Sold
Gravity
2013 glass beads, organdy, nylon and silk threads 6 1/2" x 4 3/4" (12 1/2" x 10 1/2" framed) Sold
Without Gravity
2013 glass beads, organdy, nylon and silk threads 6 1/2" x 4 3/4" Sold
From This One to the Next
2013 glass beads, glassine, organdy, nylon and silk thread 12 3/4" x 12" Available
Tau (Dew)
2013 glass beads, silk scarf, nylon and silk threads 16" x 15 1/2" Available
Signal/Hope
2013 silver beads, glass beads, organdy and nylon thread 13 1/4" x 15 1/4" Sold
Landscape
2011 organdy, beads, cotton and nylon thread 18" x 20.25" Available
Rising/Settling
2013 silk fabric, glass beads, glassine, organdy and nylon thread 10 1/8" x 13 1/4" Sold
Untitled
2013 silk fabric, glass beads, glassine, organdy and nylon thread 10" x 13 1/8" Sold
Eddy
2012 silk and silk thread 12" x 13" Sold
Passing Through
2013 Glassine and thread variable Available
Dark Star
2012 silk scarf, beads, seam binding, nylon thread 15 1/2" x 15 1/2" Available
May 24th and 25th
2012 paper, glass beads and nylon thread 6" x 5 1/2" Sold
Day
2012 organdy, glass beads, silk and nylon thread 9" x 6" Sold
Night
2012 organdy, glass beads, silk and nylon thread 9" x 6" Sold
Lines
2012 envelope, beads, nylon thread 4 1/2" x 6 1/4" Available
Tears
2012 silk handkerchief, glass beads and nylon thread 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Sold
Reflection
2015 organdy, rhodium beads, nylon and silk thread 8 1/2" x 12" Available
Lens
2011 organdy, beads, nylon thread, felt, ceramic base 3/4" x 3" x 3" Available
Lens/Well
2011 organdy, beads, nylon thread, felt, ceramic base 3/4" x 3" x 3" each Available
Well
2011 organdy, beads, nylon thread, felt, ceramic base 3/4" x 3" x 3" Available
Beginning and Ending 1
2011 paper and gouache 16.375" x 18" Available
Beginning and Ending 2
2011 paper, beads, nylon thread 2 framed 11" x 13.5" (diptych) Sold
Carpet/Plain
2011 paper, beads, nylon thread 14.25" x 16.375" Sold
Darkness/Spinning
2011 found paper, beads, organdy & nylon thread 11.875" x 16.5" Sold
Hat
2011 organdy, tissue paper, beads, silk and nylon threads 16.5" x 17.5" Available
Oak Rings
2011 tissue paper, organdy, beads, silk and nylon thread 16.75" x 18.375" Available
Sign/Star
2011 organdy, tissue paper, beads, silk and nylon threads 18.25" x 16.75" Available
Lot/Landscape
2011 paper and gouache 14.375" x 15.25" Available
Net
2011 paper, glassine & nylon thread 25" x 19.5" Available
Pull
2011 paper, beads, nylon thread 16.5" x 12.5" Available
Shadow/Spring
2011 tissue paper, organdy, silk and nylon threads 18.75" x 16.5" Sold
Shadow/Spring 2
2011 paper, gouache & glassine 25" x 19.5" Available
Halved
2010 organdy, fruit wrapper, beads, silk thread 16" x 15 3/8" Sold
Shy Bearer
2010 organdy, fruit wrapper, beads, silk thread 11 1/4" x 9 5/8" Available
Too Small for Profit
2010 organdy, fruit wrapper, beads, silk thread 11 1/4" x 9 5/8" Available
Ether
2009 organdy, tissue paper, beads, nylon thread 19.75" x 23" Sold
Five Seconds
2009 organdy, tissue paper, beads, nylon thread 16.25" x 13.75" Available
From Above
2009 organdy, glassine, found papers, beads, watercolor, nylon thread 19.5" x 24" Sold
Still
2009 organdy, found paper, beads, nylon thread 19" x 21.75" Sold
Here and Gone
2009 Available
Here and Gone
2009 Available
Here and Gone
2009 Available
Here and Gone
2009 Available
Untitled
2009 glassine, organdy and thread 23.25" x 27" (framed) Sold
Untitled
2009 organdy, tissue paper, found paper, beads, silk thread 19" x 23" Available
Begin Again
2009 organdy, glassine, beads, nylon thread 19" x 23" Available
Breath
2007 Organdy, tissue paper, glass beads, cotton thread, glass base 12" x 12" Sold
Darkness, 4 a.m.
2007 Organdi, fruit wrapper, glass beads, cotton thread, glass base 12 3/4" x 12 3/4" Available
Tears
2007 Organdi, 22k white gold beads, cotton thread, glass base 12 " x 12" Sold
Drops/ Stars
2007 organdy, glassine, glass beads, nylon thread 13 3/8" x 14 3/8" Sold
Half Empty
2007 Organdy, fruit wrapper, glass beads, silk & nylon thread 11 1/2" x 11" Sold
Half Full
2007 Organdy, fruit wrapper, glass beads, silk & nylon thread 11 1/2" x 11" Sold
Untitled
2007 Organdy, found paper, glass beads, silk & nylon thread 14 1/4" x 11 1/2" Sold
In the Clearing
2007 linen, glass beads, silk & nylon thread 15 3/4" x 17 3/8" Sold
Uncolored
2008 Mixed Media 16" x 16" Sold
Path
2007 Organdy, glassine, glass beads, nylon thread 16 7/8" x 14 3/8" Sold
Wreath/Whirl
2007 Organdy, tissue paper, glass beads, silk & nylon thread 13" x 12 3/4" Sold
Untitled
2007 Glassine, watercolor, cotton thread 11" x 8 3/4" Available
Untitled
2007 Organdy, wire mesh fabric, glass beads, nylon thread 7" x 6 1/2" Sold
Almost Transparent
2006 Organdy, paper, glass beads & thread 16" x 13 3/8" Sold
Blush (detail)
2006 Glassine, thread, watercolor, wax 102" x 97" Available
Falling Settling
2006 Glassine, beet powder, thread, wax 108" x 96" Available
Harvest Moon
2006 fruit wrapper, fabric, beads, nylon thread , 11.5" x 21.5" Available
Scanno
2006 found paper, fabric, beads, nylon thread 5 5/8" x 11 1/4" Sold
Jet Black with Blue Bloom
2006 Mixed Media 10 3/4" x 9 1/2" Sold
Bright in the Sun
2006 Mixed Media 13.5" x 12 3/8" Sold
Season Is Late
2006 Organdy, fruit wrapper, beads & silk thread 10 1/2" x 9 1/4" Sold
Striped & Splashed with Vermillion Pink
2005 Fabric, fruit wrapper,beads and thread 10" x 9" Sold
Untitled 15
2006 White fruit wrapper with gold beaded circle 15 1/2" x 13 5/8" Sold
18th Street S
2006 Organdi, fabric, beads & thread 19 3/4" x 14 1/8" Sold
Flowers
2006 9 3/4 x 22 3/4" Sold
3434 SE Division
2005 Organdi, found paper, cotton thread, glass beads 11" x 14" Sold
5225 N Lombard
2005 Organdi, glassine, glass beads & silk thread 10 1/2" x 12" Sold
Send-Save
2005 Paper, thread 84" x 79" Available
106 NE Killingsworth
2004 Fabric, beads & thread 10 1/4" x 11" Sold
7057 NE MLK Blvd
2004 Fabric, beads & thread 11 3/4" x 12" Available
Somewhat Downey
Fruit wrapper, fabric, beads, thread 15 1/2" x 15 1/2" Sold
Low and Sweet
2004 Mixed Media 14" x 14.5" Available
Short Lived
2004 Mixed Media 14" x 14.5" Available
Island
2016 organdy, silk yarn and silk thread 10 1/2" x 11 1/2" Sold
Exhibitions
- PADA Pop-UP - November 17, 2024
- Seattle Art Fair 2024 - July 25, 2024
- Summer Ritual - July 3, 2024
- Seattle Art Fair 2023 - July 27, 2023
- You belong among the wildflowers - July 8, 2023
- Intersect Palm Springs 2023 - February 9, 2023
- Looking Back, Looking Forward - December 7, 2022
- Easy Breezy - August 2, 2022
- Seattle Art Fair 2022 - July 21, 2022
- New Work From Our Artists' Studios - March 1, 2022
- PDX Visits Lostine | July 16 - 26, 2021 - July 26, 2021
- Walking - July 1, 2021
- The Color of Breathlessness - June 2, 2021
- River - July 2, 2020
- PIVOT: Drawings (click here for show images) - May 30, 2020
- Fresh New Work from Our Artists' Studios (click here for show images) - April 22, 2020
- Brighten and Fade - September 4, 2019
- Seattle Art Fair 2019 - August 1, 2019
- Along the Edge - July 3, 2018
- PULSE Miami Beach 2017: The Closet - December 7, 2017
- Seattle Art Fair 2017 - August 3, 2017
- PDX -> PDT - July 7, 2017
- Seattle Art Fair 2016 - August 4, 2016
- Darkness and Light - August 2, 2016
- A Stand of Pine in a Tilled Field: 21 Years at PDX - July 5, 2016
- Seattle Art Fair 2015 - July 30, 2015
- Let's Get Lost - June 30, 2015
- Miami Project 2014: Midtown Miami, Wynwood District - December 2, 2014
- Miami Project 2013 - December 3, 2013
- Passing Through - July 30, 2013
- Memento - August 30, 2011
- Here and Gone - December 1, 2009
- Along the Interface - October 30, 2007
- Waiting - January 31, 2006
Statement
My artwork is influenced by the transient nature of both living and inanimate things. The work may illustrate unseen processes in our bodies or the atmosphere or attempt to capture an image or remember these living and inanimate things as they are changing or fading away. The materials I use reflect these ideas; fragile, discarded fruit wrappers, light and transparent organdy fabric as well as glassine paper, and minute glass beads. Stitching and beading are ways of drawing, generating forms, and measuring time.
For the past few years I've been thinking about an essay by Annie Dillard titled "The Wreck of Time." Posing the question of the relevance of the individual to the multitudes present and past, she quotes statistics of various populations and the historic and nature-driven events that have shaped their outcomes. We are asked to imagine the sheer numbers of people who have gone before us, those who inhabit the world now, and those who will follow. She reminds us of how we humans count and analogizes succeeding generations to waves rising from the sea, "billions of individuals at a time; we see them dwindle and vanish." These vast numbers are reflected in the ideas behind my artwork relating the weight of water and the lightness of air to the space created by the passing of time.
