Hand Made Textiles

Personal and Seasonal

Yuh Okano is a Chestertown MD -based textile artist whose pieces are inspired by a deep fascination with the natural world. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and is in its permanent collection (https://www.moma.org/artists/23267). Yuh's pieces are invitingly tactile. They employ a range of color and texture that strives to be as subtle and finely detailed as the organic forms her works suggest. Their soft feel and gently flowing shapes evoke a sense of connection with plant life, flowers, and ocean creatures.

Inspired by Nature

In Yuh’s art and design practice, her focus is first and foremost on the raw materials––working to bring out their latent qualities or exploring their connection to man and nature. She looks carefully at both the mysterious products of the natural world and the artificial fabrics that are possible to create today using chemical technologies. Yuh develops each work by balancing artistic expression with the economic and creative value that is inherent in the raw material.