Colossal x Joy Machine Workshop: Stitch Circle with Peter Frederiksen
Join Colossal and Joy Machine on March 2 for an embroidery workshop with Peter Frederiksen, who will share his unique approach to image-making followed by his signature Stitch Circle. Dive into the artist’s process, learn to embroider, and make a friend or two.
All skill levels are welcome, and tickets include all materials and snacks.
This workshop will be held at Joy Machine, a new contemporary art gallery in Chicago. It coincides with the inaugural exhibition, Light Preserver, which features Frederiksen’s embroideries alongside works by eight artists who cultivate and ritualize joy.
Colossal Members can use the discount code in their account for $5 off.
About Peter Frederiksen
Working mainly with textiles, Peter Frederiksen pulls imagery from vintage cartoons and embroiders them into intricate works of art. Frederiksen is interested in the aesthetics of American animation’s “Golden Age,” which spanned from the 1930s to the 1950s. These TV shows’ dark humor, anthropomorphism, and kitsch pervade Frederiksen’s depictions of cartoon characters like Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, and the Looney Tunes. The artist points out the fragile nature of nostalgia in these woven works and how the past is often romanticized. A Chicago native, Frederiksen studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and still lives and works in the city.