The Waiting Room

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The Waiting Room
Karen Jayne
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Artists Statement Believing that art
cannot be separated from life, this installation
focuses on my relationship with my chronically
ill child, the medical community, and God.
Working with materials which have a personal
reference initiates my process of art making.
Changing scale or using contrasting elements to
convey emotional disparities is a common theme in
my work. Whether weaving, making paper,
stitching fabric, or working with light or sound,
the sensory experience is an integral part of
communicating my idea. In illness, as with
many circumstances in life, waiting seems to be
one thing you can count on waiting for your name
to be called, waiting for time to pass, waiting
to be heard, waiting for answers, waiting to be
comforted, or waiting for the strength to
continue. The Waiting Room is an interrelated
group of three-dimensional works that seeks to
share those experiences. Karen Jayne
Believing that art cannot be separated from life,
this installation focuses on my relationship with
my chronically ill child and the medical
community. Changing scale or using contrasting
elements to convey emotional disparities is a
common theme in my work. Whether weaving, making
paper, stitching fabric, or working with light or
sound, the sensory experience is an integral part
of communicating the idea. Therefore the viewer
is encouraged to touch and interact with my a
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Waiting Room
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15 long weaving, magazines, shelf. 15d x 8l x
36h
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Shredded medical records, cotton pulp, wire,
cotton thread, dyed raffia
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Appointment
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Waiting room chair, table, books, shredded
medical records, monofilament, pillow (hospital
gown) w/text He meets me here. 4w x 6l x 5h
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(No Transcript)
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Views
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X-ray cassettes, x-rays, table, x-ray viewer 6w
x 30d x 32h
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The x-rays have text and are meant to be read as
pages in a book
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Diagnosis
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Exam table, handmade paper (medical records,
cotton pulp) 24w x 32h x 20l
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Small Comfort
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17 x 17 crocheted blanket
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Blanket crocheted from yarn spun from disposable
exam gowns (shifu)
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Hospital Days
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Hospital cubicle 7 x 9 Two quilts as
partitions hospital gowns, text, red thread
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Each square of the quilt represents one day in
the hospital and is date stamped Handwritten
text is compiled from notes from medical
providers, personal letters, and journaled
thoughts.
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Breathe (inside Hospital Days)
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Nebulizer, tubing, intravenous stand, woven
w/waxed linen Thread and monofilament 30w x20d
x48h The nebulizer is set off by a motion
sensor as you enter the hospital cubicle
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Easier Said than Done
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Instrument stand, hospital gown with embroidered
text and medical readings 23h x 12w x 18l
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What Chronically Ill Patients and their
Caregivers Need
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Hospital scrubs embroidered with text 18w x 60h
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Perspective
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Woven wools and cottons on hand-dyed warp, frame,
audio component running approx. 3 minutes The
viewer is encouraged to touch the work as they
listen to the audio 6w x 30d x 32h
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The Waiting Room is available for exhibition as
and installation or as individual works presented
on a rotating basis at galleries, hospitals,
clinics, or medical schools. Karen Jayne
47W954 Sixth Street Big Rock, IL
60511 630-664-9103 fiberartist46_at_yahoo.com