About
I make objects guided by material and process.
My practice works with natural dyes, sustainable materials, and the unpredictability they bring. I let color lead, responding to what emerges. Each piece develops through improvisation and attention to what the materials want to do.
The work is built for direct experience. Form, texture, and color create presence in space. These are objects meant to be lived with, to shift with changing light, to reveal themselves over time.
Michela Colognese is a textile artist based in Northern California.
Her work has been exhibited at galleries and craft fairs throughout the Bay Area.
She holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
where she first developed her practice in fiber arts and natural dyeing.
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