Yarn Bombing Los Angeles is a fiber arts community that engages thousands of people online, worldwide, and locally in the Los Angeles area. YBLA currently collaborates with city governments, museums, alternative art spaces, and public spaces to create thought-provoking, community-generated public art installations.
YBLA's work blends and reinterprets different artistic genres of street art, public art, fiber art, social practice, craft, and high art. YBLA's mission is to create a form of community-generated, site-specific public art that is tactile and accessible, while at the same time initiating dialogue about cross-generation connections and craft history.
All are welcome at YBLA's public events which are listed on our Calendar page.
YBLA's work blends and reinterprets different artistic genres of street art, public art, fiber art, social practice, craft, and high art. YBLA's mission is to create a form of community-generated, site-specific public art that is tactile and accessible, while at the same time initiating dialogue about cross-generation connections and craft history.
All are welcome at YBLA's public events which are listed on our Calendar page.
Darlyn Susan Yee, A PIECE OF ME (detail), 2017, Crocheted Acrylic, 88" h x 62" w. Photo courtesy of the artist.
A PIECE OF ME
Art is a piece of someone’s heart and soul. A self-expression left behind.
What impact will you have on the world? What will you leave behind?
An outdoor installation facilitated by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles
In conjunction with New Threads: Perspectives In Contemporary Fiber Art
Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University
January 27-March 17, 2018
Opening Reception Saturday, January 27, 2-5pm
Participating Artists:
Julie Kornblum, Judy Richards, David Orozco, Darlyn Susan Yee
Bernice "Bee" Colman, Dreameco Crafts (Amy Bauer & Richard Hecht) with Britta Amundsen, Sandy Dingman, Susana Ethial, Gia "Hooked Hands" Forsyth, Heather Hoggan, Kristen Johannesen, Theresa Knopf, Meg Lewis, Sandy Lewis, Carolyn Mason, Nicole Murph, Cat Chiu Phillips, Connie Rohman, Threadwinners (Alyssa Arney & Liz Flynn), Edna Torres, Mariam Youssef
Art is a piece of someone’s heart and soul. A self-expression left behind.
What impact will you have on the world? What will you leave behind?
An outdoor installation facilitated by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles
In conjunction with New Threads: Perspectives In Contemporary Fiber Art
Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University
January 27-March 17, 2018
Opening Reception Saturday, January 27, 2-5pm
Participating Artists:
Julie Kornblum, Judy Richards, David Orozco, Darlyn Susan Yee
Bernice "Bee" Colman, Dreameco Crafts (Amy Bauer & Richard Hecht) with Britta Amundsen, Sandy Dingman, Susana Ethial, Gia "Hooked Hands" Forsyth, Heather Hoggan, Kristen Johannesen, Theresa Knopf, Meg Lewis, Sandy Lewis, Carolyn Mason, Nicole Murph, Cat Chiu Phillips, Connie Rohman, Threadwinners (Alyssa Arney & Liz Flynn), Edna Torres, Mariam Youssef
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles volunteers installing Re-Entry at the Alex Theater, Glendale, CA. Photo by Martha Benedict.
We are proud to announce that a portion of our installation "Re-Entry" will be exhibited inside Laband Art Gallery in New Threads: Perspectives In Contemporary Fiber Art
COMBOBULATION
Combobulation is a temporary yarn-bombing art installation by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles with creative participation from local collectives including Glendale’s Jewel City Knitters, Pasadena’s Crochet Meet Up, Burbank’s Fiber Fiends and independent artisans. Artists who contributed to this project reside across the United States and internationally, in countries such as Australia, Japan and Turkey.
Contributing Artists include David Orozco, Judy Richards, and Darlyn Susan Yee with Janice Ogata, Silvia Mendoza, Beth Sterner, Joan Sauve, Jerene Thomson, Natalie Welts, Nicholas Welts Mercy Azarcon, Alexis Bell, Tegan Bellamy, Janice Carter, Mara Cheng, Jean Choate, Kathryn Cobbin, Leighann Corbin, Sue Dietel, Erica Durante, Jennifer Fahy, James Jude Ferrera, Esther Finney, LizFlynn, Amy Frey, Becky Goodman, Judy Gregory, Andy Hadwick, Julia Hartley, Ruth Head,Yolanda Hernandez, Lynne Hopper, Sarah Jung, Patty Kersting, Julie Kornblum, Jessica Lam, Diane Larsen, Bisi Lawal, Sheilah Levin, Stella Ligutom, Sylvia Lyons, Kristie Mach, Geeta Mande, Karen Semenoff McCuaig, Allie Moskowitz, Alice Neal, Nancy Nelson, Pat Olson, Diane Olson-Baskin, Niccole V. Osborn, Domenica Piumetti, Nancy Pyne-Hapke, Irene Rezaie, Glenid Rivera, Dolores Robles, Mary Rosales, Jocelyn Sia, Kathleen Smith, Jennifer Snoeyink, Kacy Treadway, Christina Tucker, Cristina Tueler, Evelyn Van Orden, Bonnie Vilchez, Nicole Wade, Kayla Waxman, Fumiko Wellington, Ginna Siman Wetherby, Maryam Will, Stefa Witt and Mariam Yonsset.
COMBOBULATION
Combobulation is a temporary yarn-bombing art installation by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles with creative participation from local collectives including Glendale’s Jewel City Knitters, Pasadena’s Crochet Meet Up, Burbank’s Fiber Fiends and independent artisans. Artists who contributed to this project reside across the United States and internationally, in countries such as Australia, Japan and Turkey.
Contributing Artists include David Orozco, Judy Richards, and Darlyn Susan Yee with Janice Ogata, Silvia Mendoza, Beth Sterner, Joan Sauve, Jerene Thomson, Natalie Welts, Nicholas Welts Mercy Azarcon, Alexis Bell, Tegan Bellamy, Janice Carter, Mara Cheng, Jean Choate, Kathryn Cobbin, Leighann Corbin, Sue Dietel, Erica Durante, Jennifer Fahy, James Jude Ferrera, Esther Finney, LizFlynn, Amy Frey, Becky Goodman, Judy Gregory, Andy Hadwick, Julia Hartley, Ruth Head,Yolanda Hernandez, Lynne Hopper, Sarah Jung, Patty Kersting, Julie Kornblum, Jessica Lam, Diane Larsen, Bisi Lawal, Sheilah Levin, Stella Ligutom, Sylvia Lyons, Kristie Mach, Geeta Mande, Karen Semenoff McCuaig, Allie Moskowitz, Alice Neal, Nancy Nelson, Pat Olson, Diane Olson-Baskin, Niccole V. Osborn, Domenica Piumetti, Nancy Pyne-Hapke, Irene Rezaie, Glenid Rivera, Dolores Robles, Mary Rosales, Jocelyn Sia, Kathleen Smith, Jennifer Snoeyink, Kacy Treadway, Christina Tucker, Cristina Tueler, Evelyn Van Orden, Bonnie Vilchez, Nicole Wade, Kayla Waxman, Fumiko Wellington, Ginna Siman Wetherby, Maryam Will, Stefa Witt and Mariam Yonsset.
New Threads Postcard front
New Threads postcard back
CALIFORNIA YARNSCAPE
AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST
MARCH 14 - JUNE 25, 2017
ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY MARCH 19, 2017, 2-4 pm
The creative community of fiber artists, knitters, crotcheters, and groups responded to the question, “What is a California landscape to you?” by creating individual landscapes to be joined together for the larger yarn bomb exhibition.
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles facilitated this community participation project to encircle the Autry Museum Plaza Rotunda with knit and crochet California landscapes in yarn: California Yarnscape.
Participating Artists and Groups:
Ann Storc, Homage to Hattie
Bernice Colman, Pacific Bay
Braille Institute Crochet Class (Esther Finney: volunteer Instructor, Wilma Alexander, Eugenia Barnera, Sheila B Castro, Bisi Lawal, Gloria Van
Robinson, Barbara Ford, Dolores Robles, Stella Liguton, Sina Stranush), California Backyard Landscape
Brandy Mason, Wildflowers and Waves
Colorful Puzzles from New Roads Middle School (Tallulah Mounce, Allison Kalmick, Teacher: Anne-Marie Sircello), Yosemite
Danielle West, What Ties Regions Together
Darlyn Susan Yee, plein air Coves
Dreameco Crafts (Amy Bauer, Richard Hecht, Britta Amundsen), Cacti & Ocean View
Earllene Wiess, Fire Along the Hills
Gina Valona & Chantal Lemoine, Dream Garden
Heather Hoggan, The Magical Light of the Arroyo Seco
Judy Richards, Los Padres Poppies
Kacy Treadway, PleinAirScape
Kathryn Vercillo, San Francisco
Kristen Johannesen, brushfirewildfire
Kristen Johannesen, Sixth Street Bridge Over the Los Angeles River
Lisa Hopkins, Zzyzx Rd
Liz Flynn, Inland Empire Sunset
Penny Richards, Golden Gate before the Bridge
Penny Richards, Sequoia
Rainbow Adorkables from New Roads Middle School (Theo Berry, Indigo Golub, Ben Brierre, Ruby Motulsky, Teacher: Anne-Marie Sircello), Desert Rainbow Droplet
SaMo Pier from New Roads Middle School (Mia Hooper, Olivia Mione, Renee Story, Stella Robinson-Rosendorff, Teacher: Anne-Marie Sircello), Santa Monica Pier
Sandy Dingman & Pam Everroad, Goldminer
Sonostrid from New Roads Middle School (Nora Mayers, Sophie Wong, Astrid Karron, Teacher: Anne-Marie Sircello), Hollywood
Susan McGettigan, Point Vicente
Susana Ethial, Caballero Trail
Stitching Borders (Gabriela Rochin & Marilú Reyes, Concept by artist Mercedes Gertz), Dreamscape
Team Serenity from New Roads Middle School (Kiran Baez, Peri Abrams, Hanna Harrell, Teacher: Anne-Marie Sircello), Rebirth (California Wildfire)
The Glendale Hookers (Heather Knowles, Evelyn Lozano, Lori Campos, Nicole Muraoka, Samantha Krause, Teri Janning, Makiko Mitsui, Paula Hasler, Nancy Casolaro), Desert to the Sea
The Lone Wools (Charlotte Marshall, Julie Gonella, Julia Graves, Jane Laughlin, Laurie Littlefield, Jeanne Jackson, Diane Kent, Patti Whittle), Native Landscape with Flowers
Theresa Knopf, Hour of Pearl
Threadwinners (Alyssa Arney & Liz Flynn), Remember all those who came before
West Flamingo Yarn Stormers (Diane Olson-Baskin, Joanne Dahl, Laura Henley, Terri Lonski), California’s Desert
Whitney Whetstone, Freeway Meditation
WITTCHCRAFT (Stefa Witt), Southwest Vibes
What is Yarn Bombing? From Wikipedia . . .
Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarn storming, guerrilla knitting, kniffiti, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fiber rather than paint or chalk.
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (YBLA) is a fiber arts community that engages thousands of people online, worldwide, and locally in the Los Angeles area. YBLA currently collaborates with city governments, museums, alternative art spaces, and public spaces to create thought-provoking, community-generated public art installations. Yarn Bombing Los Angeles Core Members are: Julie Kornblum, David Orozco, Judy Richards, and Darlyn Susan Yee
The Autry Museum of the American West brings together the stories of all peoples of the American West, connecting the past with the present to inspire our shared future.
Community Workshops
Collaborating with the Autry, YBLA will hold post-installation public drop-in workshops at the museum. These workshops will allow participants to create knit or crochet pieces and add to the "garden" installation.
Saturday, March 18, 10 am-2 pm: California Poppy
Saturday, April 29, 10 am-2 pm: Coyote Mint
Saturday, May 20, 10 am-2 pm: Lavender
Sunday, June 18, 10 am-2 pm California Sunflower
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles facilitated this community participation project to encircle the Autry Museum Plaza Rotunda with knit and crochet California landscapes in yarn: California Yarnscape.
Participating Artists and Groups:
Ann Storc, Homage to Hattie
Bernice Colman, Pacific Bay
Braille Institute Crochet Class (Esther Finney: volunteer Instructor, Wilma Alexander, Eugenia Barnera, Sheila B Castro, Bisi Lawal, Gloria Van
Robinson, Barbara Ford, Dolores Robles, Stella Liguton, Sina Stranush), California Backyard Landscape
Brandy Mason, Wildflowers and Waves
Colorful Puzzles from New Roads Middle School (Tallulah Mounce, Allison Kalmick, Teacher: Anne-Marie Sircello), Yosemite
Danielle West, What Ties Regions Together
Darlyn Susan Yee, plein air Coves
Dreameco Crafts (Amy Bauer, Richard Hecht, Britta Amundsen), Cacti & Ocean View
Earllene Wiess, Fire Along the Hills
Gina Valona & Chantal Lemoine, Dream Garden
Heather Hoggan, The Magical Light of the Arroyo Seco
Judy Richards, Los Padres Poppies
Kacy Treadway, PleinAirScape
Kathryn Vercillo, San Francisco
Kristen Johannesen, brushfirewildfire
Kristen Johannesen, Sixth Street Bridge Over the Los Angeles River
Lisa Hopkins, Zzyzx Rd
Liz Flynn, Inland Empire Sunset
Penny Richards, Golden Gate before the Bridge
Penny Richards, Sequoia
Rainbow Adorkables from New Roads Middle School (Theo Berry, Indigo Golub, Ben Brierre, Ruby Motulsky, Teacher: Anne-Marie Sircello), Desert Rainbow Droplet
SaMo Pier from New Roads Middle School (Mia Hooper, Olivia Mione, Renee Story, Stella Robinson-Rosendorff, Teacher: Anne-Marie Sircello), Santa Monica Pier
Sandy Dingman & Pam Everroad, Goldminer
Sonostrid from New Roads Middle School (Nora Mayers, Sophie Wong, Astrid Karron, Teacher: Anne-Marie Sircello), Hollywood
Susan McGettigan, Point Vicente
Susana Ethial, Caballero Trail
Stitching Borders (Gabriela Rochin & Marilú Reyes, Concept by artist Mercedes Gertz), Dreamscape
Team Serenity from New Roads Middle School (Kiran Baez, Peri Abrams, Hanna Harrell, Teacher: Anne-Marie Sircello), Rebirth (California Wildfire)
The Glendale Hookers (Heather Knowles, Evelyn Lozano, Lori Campos, Nicole Muraoka, Samantha Krause, Teri Janning, Makiko Mitsui, Paula Hasler, Nancy Casolaro), Desert to the Sea
The Lone Wools (Charlotte Marshall, Julie Gonella, Julia Graves, Jane Laughlin, Laurie Littlefield, Jeanne Jackson, Diane Kent, Patti Whittle), Native Landscape with Flowers
Theresa Knopf, Hour of Pearl
Threadwinners (Alyssa Arney & Liz Flynn), Remember all those who came before
West Flamingo Yarn Stormers (Diane Olson-Baskin, Joanne Dahl, Laura Henley, Terri Lonski), California’s Desert
Whitney Whetstone, Freeway Meditation
WITTCHCRAFT (Stefa Witt), Southwest Vibes
What is Yarn Bombing? From Wikipedia . . .
Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarn storming, guerrilla knitting, kniffiti, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fiber rather than paint or chalk.
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (YBLA) is a fiber arts community that engages thousands of people online, worldwide, and locally in the Los Angeles area. YBLA currently collaborates with city governments, museums, alternative art spaces, and public spaces to create thought-provoking, community-generated public art installations. Yarn Bombing Los Angeles Core Members are: Julie Kornblum, David Orozco, Judy Richards, and Darlyn Susan Yee
The Autry Museum of the American West brings together the stories of all peoples of the American West, connecting the past with the present to inspire our shared future.
Community Workshops
Collaborating with the Autry, YBLA will hold post-installation public drop-in workshops at the museum. These workshops will allow participants to create knit or crochet pieces and add to the "garden" installation.
Saturday, March 18, 10 am-2 pm: California Poppy
Saturday, April 29, 10 am-2 pm: Coyote Mint
Saturday, May 20, 10 am-2 pm: Lavender
Sunday, June 18, 10 am-2 pm California Sunflower
