Deanna Gabiga

I lived in Hawai’i before returning to Japan and continue to be fascinated by the striking colors of the warm tropical waters surrounding the islands. Now water is often a driving force that inspires my art work.

I choose copper wire combined with colorful fibers using varying crochet techniques to create my art works. Stitching is a meditative act to me as the smooth copper wire glides through my fingers and over my crochet hook. Each crochet stitch I make is created from a varying set of loops, each loop is a copper thread telling a story in sculptural form.

Row upon row of copper wire creates a fabric that flows like water through my hands yet can be as solid as surface tension. The myriad of greens to blues, bright silver to deep turquoise that make up the warm tropical waters around Hawai’i are represented sometimes in fiber and sometimes using the anodized colored copper wire.

Designed to rest the eye, each minimalist artwork is created through meticulous stitch work with wire and fibers that reflect the beautiful, shimmering waters around the islands of Hawai’i.