Louisiana LOVE
This collection of hand-embroidered, wearable art brooches is inspired by Louisiana’s vibrant flora, fauna, and folklore. Each brooch is crafted from felt and hand-embroidered, with some embellished with vintage Mardi Gras beads—reclaimed treasures that carry the festive spirit of South Louisiana. These brooches serve as tiny altars—personal talismans that celebrate place, memory, and resilience.
Sense of Place
Sense of Place is an ongoing ecological art project exploring relationships between people and environment in Northern New Mexico through re-contextualized found materials, paths and ritual acts. The project site is located in Po-Woh-Geh-Owingeh “Where the water cuts through”; situated on land that was once a homestead ranch, surrounded by and surrounding land of the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, and shadowed by the once secret city of Los Alamos (birthplace of the atomic bomb). These dynamic layers of land use are ever present in my mind as I explore paths to understanding this place. Guided by Ecofeminist principles, I aim to examine site-specific history alongside parallels between colonization, discarded materials, open dumps, invasive plants and patriarchal mindset of gender, race, class and the environment. By referencing spiritual and religious traditions of altars, meditation gardens, processions and prayer cards, Sense of Place seeks to offer opportunities for reflection and reconnection.
See videos of my process for creating and engaging with this project here:
https://www.taasartshows.com/andrea-dupree.html
wool pottery
Formed from wool, plant fibers, water, and pure olive oil soap, these vessels embody a union of softness and strength.
Fibers once loose and delicate are lovingly coaxed into resilient forms; soft to the touch, yet enduring in structure. Each vessel is a symbolic and functional container, expanding the ancient tradition of hand-made objects for holding and offering. Rooted in the textures, color ways and fiber art traditions of Northern New Mexico, they carry both the intimacy of handwork and the quiet power of natural materials shaped through mindful processes.
