I weave objects into embryonic-like chambers, elements entering a gestating environment. These woven vessels act as sentient capsules, absorbing and acknowledging the unattractive emotions I place within them, holding them as part of the process rather than denying them. They embody the tension of containment and transformation, incubating and exposing the rawest parts of myself while still offering a strange form of care.
Amanda Lee Ryan (b. Reading, Pennsylvania) grew up in Berks County and earned her B.A. in Art History from Temple University in Philadelphia. She currently lives in Omaha, Nebraska, where she is Assistant Registrar and Administrative Assistant at Jun Kaneko Studio.
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