
Strip of Sky
White Oak, Cotton, and Hardware / 2022 24 × 24 × 72 inchesStrip of Sky is an interactive piece that is installed outdoors. The wooden frame has bright yellow fabric stretched around it. The fabric conceals the outside world with color. In the middle of the tube, directly above the user, a strip of the frame is left o
- About
Kristen Wheatley (she/her) is an artist and designer working primarily with wood, fiber, and clay. She makes functional furniture, play objects and interactive sculpture. She uses traditional woodworking joinery, bent lamination, and woodturning techniques to actualize her work. Kristen grew up in rural Southwest Virginia along with her five siblings. She recently returned to Appalachia to complete an internship in the Wood Studio at Chestnut Creek School of the Arts. She is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Fine Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University with a concentration in Craft and Material Studies. In 2022, She received the Windgate University Fellowship at Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, the Cynthia Bringle and Edwina Bringle Scholarship at Penland School of Crafts, and the Schooner Foundation Scholarship at the Furniture Society 2022: Working Together Conference. She has recently exhibited work in Vitamin C at the Murray N. Depillars Gallery and Fake News at the Anderson in Richmond, VA.
- Region
- Woodlawn, VA
- Website
- kjwheat.com/works-1
- Media
- @kjjwheat on instagram
- Professional Status
- Student at virginia commonwealth university
- Status
- Member until May 30, 2023
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Strip of Sky
White Oak, Cotton, and Hardware / 2022 24 × 24 × 72 inchesStrip of Sky is an interactive piece that is installed outdoors. The wooden frame has bright yellow fabric stretched around it. The fabric conceals the outside world with color. In the middle of the tube, directly above the user, a strip of the frame is left o


Secrets: Squished
Soft Maple, Vinyl, Upholstery Foam, and Secrets / 2022 30× 30 × 38 inchesSecrets: squished is a functional chair with a wooden grid exoskeleton and protruding natural white cushions. The bulging cushions interrupt the architectural grid structure. Except for upholstery foam and batting, the contents of the cushions are known only


Playground Seating
Cherry wood, playground ball / 2022 13 × 14 × 13Playground Seating is an alteration to a traditional stool form. In my version, the user is kept on their toes. The seats have a wonderful bounce and invite interaction and fidgeting in otherwise serious spaces. The use and texture of the playground balls is n