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Title: Agave Solstice with Sarah’s Eight
Size: 16 x 16 x 1.75 in
Medium: Digital print on kinwashi paper, cotton doily created by the artist’s great-grandmother, glass cabochon, plexiglass, metal bolts, and adhesives on wood
Creation Date: 2024
Agave Solstice with Sara’s Eight is an excerpt from Karen Hochman Brown’s Generation(s) series, an intimate tribute to the women who shaped her creative lineage. At its heart is an heirloom crocheted doily made by her great-grandmother, Sarah, who once embroidered fine linens for New York’s elite. That delicate thread-work is suspended in layers, visually echoing Sarah’s daughter, the artist's grandmother, who taught her to sew, knit, and strive for artistic excellence. Hochman Brown's mother, Ruelene, a garden enthusiast in her own right, inspired the floral imagery that blossoms throughout the work.
Hochman Brown digitally transforms her botanical photography through mathematical algorithms and symmetry-based patterning. These manipulated images are printed on kinwashi paper and paired with laser-cut and acrylic elements to create dimensional mandalas of memory and inheritance.
The result is a deeply personal and tactile meditation on how artistry is passed—through hands, stories, and generations of women who made, tended, and taught.
Title: Agave Solstice with Sarah’s Eight
Size: 16 x 16 x 1.75 in
Medium: Digital print on kinwashi paper, cotton doily created by the artist’s great-grandmother, glass cabochon, plexiglass, metal bolts, and adhesives on wood
Creation Date: 2024
Agave Solstice with Sara’s Eight is an excerpt from Karen Hochman Brown’s Generation(s) series, an intimate tribute to the women who shaped her creative lineage. At its heart is an heirloom crocheted doily made by her great-grandmother, Sarah, who once embroidered fine linens for New York’s elite. That delicate thread-work is suspended in layers, visually echoing Sarah’s daughter, the artist's grandmother, who taught her to sew, knit, and strive for artistic excellence. Hochman Brown's mother, Ruelene, a garden enthusiast in her own right, inspired the floral imagery that blossoms throughout the work.
Hochman Brown digitally transforms her botanical photography through mathematical algorithms and symmetry-based patterning. These manipulated images are printed on kinwashi paper and paired with laser-cut and acrylic elements to create dimensional mandalas of memory and inheritance.
The result is a deeply personal and tactile meditation on how artistry is passed—through hands, stories, and generations of women who made, tended, and taught.