2008 Art Prowl Artist
Breanna Rockstad-Kincaid

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	Breanna Rockstad-Kincaid With my right foot playing in childlike fantasies and my left foot dancing in the adult world, I create whimsical, sculptural wearables. Experiencing the intensity and wonder of life with my young child Micah, inspires my creative ideas. I use a broad range of vibrant colors to portray the playfulness and pleasures of youth. By exaggerating size and color, I create dramatic movement and interesting sculptural hand felted wearable accessories. The accessories consist of organic felt forms that question what defines wearable. The abstract forms are derived from artistic experimentation and my fascination with nature, childhood and fantasy. As an adult, I always want the freedom to have "dress-up" time and visit imaginary places. My art work is the vehicle I use to capture this youthful spirit and uninhibited creativity of childhood. I convey this sense of whimsy in a sophisticated manner for adults. The hats and neckpieces produce a living quality that explores wearable possibilities and boundaries. Felting is one of the most basic and ancient ways of creating fabric. This connection to the ancestral past is one of the reasons I find wool to be so desirable. I have adapted this ancient process to make contemporary wearable art. The process of felt making is technical yet lends a playful game-like characteristic. The motion of rolling and pressing and rolling and pressing the wool is strenuous but the rhythm is calming. The constant pressure my hands create on overlapping layers of wool forms a dense object with dimension, surface design and function. Experiencing the process of making a three dimensional piece evolve from simple layers of unspun wool fiber, continues to fascinate and enthuse me.