Artist Statement
My name is Kirstin Cornell, but most people call me Kristin because they can’t read. I am 14 years old, and I was born somewhere in California. I think I moved to Portland when I was in fourth grade. In my free time I enjoy doing absolutely nothing, or eating, both are equally enjoyable. My favorite food is cantaloupe, because it tastes very good. This year I won two Scholastic Art awards including honorable mention for a blanket, and a gold key for my woven pillow. My pillow later went on to win a national gold medal, so it is now at Carnegie Hall in NYC without me, and it also gets to travel the country. Without me. My future career dream is to open a restaurant called Kirstin’s Mediocre Chicken after my initials KMC. We will obviously be very mediocre, and service will be terrible. I look forward to your bad reviews.
Art is a very important part of my life because it is a plausible reason for me to ignore my other responsibilities. I need to do the dishes? No I don’t, I need to get this knitting done for school. My textiles capstone theme is emotions. This year has been a challenge because all of my work had to fit into a specific theme, and I also had to tie it in with color. In order to do it, I had to plan out each one of my pieces and think about how the colors and textures made me feel in order to make it work with my theme, while also connecting it with color. Weaving is a very intricate and difficult process; if two strings are crossed where they shouldn’t be, the whole pattern is ruined. Therefore I have to constantly make sure I haven’t created my own demise while I work. Knitting can also be very challenging. I swear there are certain spots that are designed to make you mess up, then forty rows after it, you realize and have to backtrack through like two feet of knitting. My inspiration comes from my two wonderful dogs who have always told me to follow my dreams. No, they don’t speak to me with words, but I can tell what they mean when they bump into walls and chase squirrels. It’s not a show of stupidity, they are really saying “Be who you want to be,” which I find very inspirational. They also watch over me while I weave or knit, and make sure nobody disturbs me.
My name is Kirstin Cornell, but most people call me Kristin because they can’t read. I am 14 years old, and I was born somewhere in California. I think I moved to Portland when I was in fourth grade. In my free time I enjoy doing absolutely nothing, or eating, both are equally enjoyable. My favorite food is cantaloupe, because it tastes very good. This year I won two Scholastic Art awards including honorable mention for a blanket, and a gold key for my woven pillow. My pillow later went on to win a national gold medal, so it is now at Carnegie Hall in NYC without me, and it also gets to travel the country. Without me. My future career dream is to open a restaurant called Kirstin’s Mediocre Chicken after my initials KMC. We will obviously be very mediocre, and service will be terrible. I look forward to your bad reviews.
Art is a very important part of my life because it is a plausible reason for me to ignore my other responsibilities. I need to do the dishes? No I don’t, I need to get this knitting done for school. My textiles capstone theme is emotions. This year has been a challenge because all of my work had to fit into a specific theme, and I also had to tie it in with color. In order to do it, I had to plan out each one of my pieces and think about how the colors and textures made me feel in order to make it work with my theme, while also connecting it with color. Weaving is a very intricate and difficult process; if two strings are crossed where they shouldn’t be, the whole pattern is ruined. Therefore I have to constantly make sure I haven’t created my own demise while I work. Knitting can also be very challenging. I swear there are certain spots that are designed to make you mess up, then forty rows after it, you realize and have to backtrack through like two feet of knitting. My inspiration comes from my two wonderful dogs who have always told me to follow my dreams. No, they don’t speak to me with words, but I can tell what they mean when they bump into walls and chase squirrels. It’s not a show of stupidity, they are really saying “Be who you want to be,” which I find very inspirational. They also watch over me while I weave or knit, and make sure nobody disturbs me.