Object Study - Monstera Adansonii

Elycia SFA’s handwoven work explores nostalgic and familiar imagery through intimate yet benign scenes of daily life, referenced paper ephemera, and domestic objects. These works are created on a floor loom, using woven inlay and embroidery. This study captures the form of a Monstera Adansonii, blending botanical observation with the rhythm of weaving.

Handwoven silk linen with sewing thread inlay, framed
25.4 x 20.32 cm, framed

Elycia SFA is a queer textile artist based in Toronto. Her work explores personal narrative and the deconstruction and reconstruction of memory, as well as nostalgia and loss, by portraying these concepts in the form of handwoven cloth. While considering weaving as a tool for image making, she incorporates woven inlay and embroidery which allows her to draw with thread and create representational imagery in the body of the cloth.

She attended OCADU for Material Art and Design: Textiles, and graduated in 2015, and is an alumni of the Harbourfront Centre Artist-in-Residence program. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, is part of several private collections, and has received numerous awards and grants.