Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 11

Kelly Kozma
"Candy Dish" Elegant embroidered collage on paper with french knots

2022

About the Item

This piece titled "Candy Dish" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and measures 6"h x 6"w framed. The catalyst for this new body of work was a jar of leftover magazine cutouts from a collage I made in 2010. Reusing leftover materials as well repurposing items that might end up thrown away, has become a very important part of my process the past decade. Stumbling across this jar of coin sized images that had waited patiently on a shelf for 12 years, ignited my creative process and drove me to explore collage in a new way. Unlike the piece from 2010 in which I assembled the images by piecing them together, I decided to examine each individual cut out on its on. By removing the image from any other context it allows you to focus solely on its meaning, purpose or feelings that it may evoke. Each image is embedded in a field of French knots which felt like a way of creating a time capsule of sorts for the object. Another inspiration behind this collection is my six year old son and his endless piles of sticks, stones, leaves, etc in our home. Only to him they aren’t sticks and stones, they are treasures. His ability to find a tiny twig or scrap of paper and not only cherish it but give it a backstory of why it is so special, is a beautiful thing and one I have tried to tap into with my new work. By placing a picture of a rubberband ball or a set of Dracula teeth or a banana in this embroidered box it allows one to analyze it more in depth. There are so many objects we take for granted on a daily basis so I wanted to make the viewer slow down and make their own personal connections with the imagery I used. I am grateful to my younger self for knowing to hang onto that jar and to my young son for inspiring me with his incredible imagination.
  • Creator:
    Kelly Kozma (American)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 6 in (15.24 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU188216148162

More From This Seller

View All
Pony Gurl
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Pony Gurl" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Thread, Paper

Candyland
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Candyland" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Thread, Paper

"Bacon, Egg, and Cheese" hand-embroidery, french knot, text, lettering
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Bacon, Egg, and Cheese" is an original artwork made from hand embroidered thread on paper by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and mea...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art

Materials

Thread, Paper

"Emblem" paper collage, hand-embroidery, neon, geometric pattern, thread
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Emblem" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and measures 6"h x 6"w framed. The catalyst for this new body of work was a jar of leftover magazine cutouts from a collage I made in 2010. Reusing leftover materials as well repurposing items that might end up thrown away, has become a very important part of my process the past decade. Stumbling across this jar of coin sized images that had waited patiently on a shelf for 12 years, ignited my creative process and drove me to explore collage in a new way. Unlike the piece from 2010 in which I assembled the images by piecing them together, I decided to examine each individual cut out on its on. By removing the image from any other context it allows you to focus solely on its meaning, purpose or feelings that it may evoke. Each image is embedded in a field of French knots which felt like a way of creating a time capsule of sorts for the object. Another inspiration behind this collection is my six year old son and his endless piles of sticks, stones, leaves, etc in our home. Only to him they aren’t sticks and stones, they are treasures. His ability to find a tiny twig or scrap of paper and not only cherish it but give it a backstory of why it is so special, is a beautiful thing and one I have tried to tap into with my new work. By placing a picture of a rubberband ball or a set of Dracula teeth or a banana in this embroidered box...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Thread, Paper

"High Score" Paper collage, hand-embroidery, french knot, smiley face, 8-bit
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "High Score" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Thread, Paper

"Potluck" paper collage, hand-embroidery, geometric pattern, thread, french knot
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Potluck" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and measures 6"h x 6"w framed. The catalyst for this new body of work was a jar of leftover magazine cutouts from a collage I made in 2010. Reusing leftover materials as well repurposing items that might end up thrown away, has become a very important part of my process the past decade. Stumbling across this jar of coin sized images that had waited patiently on a shelf for 12 years, ignited my creative process and drove me to explore collage in a new way. Unlike the piece from 2010 in which I assembled the images by piecing them together, I decided to examine each individual cut out on its on. By removing the image from any other context it allows you to focus solely on its meaning, purpose or feelings that it may evoke. Each image is embedded in a field of French knots which felt like a way of creating a time capsule of sorts for the object. Another inspiration behind this collection is my six year old son and his endless piles of sticks, stones, leaves, etc in our home. Only to him they aren’t sticks and stones, they are treasures. His ability to find a tiny twig or scrap of paper and not only cherish it but give it a backstory of why it is so special, is a beautiful thing and one I have tried to tap into with my new work. By placing a picture of a rubberband ball or a set of Dracula teeth or a banana in this embroidered box...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Thread, Paper

You May Also Like

Touch II - contemporary crochet dried leaves- nature wall art framed
By Susanna Bauer
Located in New York, NY
Bauer works with found natural objects. Leaves, stones, pieces of wood…ephemeral natural things, easily overlooked. And she use crochet; sometimes as embellishment, but mostly in a m...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Thread, Organic Material, Archival Paper

Set of 3 unique embroidery artworks on printed paper from the Books series
By Ana Seggiaro
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The ambitious exercise of working with techniques such as large-format embroidery only exacerbates the perfection of detail through the change of scale. What was once the page of a b...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Thread, Paper

Seven - contemporary crochet dried leaf - nature art framed
By Susanna Bauer
Located in New York, NY
Bauer works with found natural objects. Leaves, stones, pieces of wood…ephemeral natural things, easily overlooked. And she use crochet; sometimes as embellishment, but mostly in a m...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Thread, Organic Material, Archival Paper

Where I Find you III - contemporary crochet dried leaves- nature wall art framed
By Susanna Bauer
Located in New York, NY
Bauer works with found natural objects. Leaves, stones, pieces of wood…ephemeral natural things, easily overlooked. And she use crochet; sometimes as embellishment, but mostly in a m...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Thread, Organic Material, Archival Paper

Opening - contemporary crochet dried magnolia leaf nature art framed
By Susanna Bauer
Located in New York, NY
Bauer works with found natural objects. Leaves, stones, pieces of wood…ephemeral natural things, easily overlooked. And she use crochet; sometimes as embellishment, but mostly in a m...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Thread, Organic Material, Archival Paper

Black and Red Hive
By Denise Yaghmourian
Located in Phoenix, AZ
fabric, thread, eyelets, on wood panel Denise Yaghmourian’s material based sensibility results in works that reference Feminism, Minimalism, Post-Minimalism, the Pattern and Decorat...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric, Thread

Recently Viewed

View All