Spring Longing

Spring Longing

Crocker, Nicole

I create multimedia artwork, typically depicting women, organic forms, or micro-organisms. My work is heavily influenced by my family, bringing in aspects of my ancestor’s hand embroidered tablecloths and doodles on the margins of their old cookbooks. I like to take a closer look at things that are typically looked down upon because they are considered a feminine craft, and bring them forward to be seriously considered as works of art. I also focus on micro-organisms to show all of the infinitesimal building blocks that allow us all to see, speak, and move. By showing intricate, time consuming depictions of simple shapes and organisms, I hope that my artwork causes people to stop and look closer at where they are and how they got there.
Being historically feminine work, in the past, weaving has not always been seen as a legitimate form of art. A pictural weaving is the culmination of hours of labor to amass layers of fine thread to create one whole image. In Spring Longing, a blue flower woven from hand-dyed cotton thread is arranged in a triangular composition. By taking a typically feminine object such as a flower and using a method of art propagated by women, I hope to shed some light on some of the overlooked women dominated forms of art both past and present.

2026