COLLECTION 2024 ︎
LA GARZA
Photography by Gabriela C. Walther
Talent Becka Palter
Behind the scenes Julianna Zachariou
A Heron in her unnatural natural habitat.
The Heron and the Oarfish
A Heron is out on the hunt,
When suddenly she stumbles upon a washed up Oarfish.
She carries it out carefully from the shore,
The Oarfish turns to her and whispers out a message from the deep:
The sea and the rivers are in pain, catastrophe is upon us.
Legend says that oarfish appear from the deep sea to warn humans of a coming earthquake or tsunami, two of them have washed upon the shores of San Diego this past year. They grow around 50 feet long and tend to rise from the deep when their physical condition is weak and are often found dead when they reach the surface.
“La Garza” is dedicated to the Tijuana River Valley Estuary and the endangered species and environments affected by pollution and human waste.
Headpiece: hand beaded with glass beads, labradorite round stones, silk organza beak.
Top: button back silk organza layered “feathers” as the heron’s plumage.
Dress: silk organza, silk cotton blend fabric strips, glass beads.
Visit Tijuana Estuary for more info ︎︎︎ https://trnerr.org/
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WORKSHOPS ︎
︎︎︎Apr. 6, 2025: Beading Workshop
Sunday Apr. 6 from 1-4:30pm
Tickets and Info here
︎Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego, CA
UPCOMING EVENTS ︎
︎︎︎ Jan. 11 - Apr. 26, 2025 : Beaded Echoes: Reflecting the fragility of life
Exhibition in San Diego, CA
Opening Reception: January 11 from 10-4pm
︎Visions Museum of Textile Art
︎ @isaguadalupe
WORKSHOPS ︎
︎︎︎Apr. 6, 2025: Beading Workshop
Sunday Apr. 6 from 1-4:30pm
Tickets and Info here
︎Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego, CA
UPCOMING EVENTS ︎
︎︎︎ Jan. 11 - Apr. 26, 2025 : Beaded Echoes: Reflecting the fragility of life
Exhibition in San Diego, CA
Opening Reception: January 11 from 10-4pm
︎Visions Museum of Textile Art
STOCKISTS︎︎︎
USA
San Diego, CA:
Mingei Museum
San Francisco, CA:
The Perish Trust
MÉXICO
Ciudad de México:
Cardón
Columpio
Tepoztlán, Morelos:
Flor del Norte
Tijuana,BC:
Matiz
USA
San Diego, CA:
Mingei Museum
San Francisco, CA:
The Perish Trust
MÉXICO
Ciudad de México:
Cardón
Columpio
Tepoztlán, Morelos:
Flor del Norte
Tijuana,BC:
Matiz
ABOUT
ISA GUADALUPE
DESIGN — STUDIO
My name is Isa Guadalupe Medina and I am a designer and artist based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. My work focuses on the intricacy and detail that is reflected from nature and my roots. The different motifs I create are inspired by feelings that emerge from the rare beauty and constant change of nature. I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Parsons The New School for Design, New York. Since then I have been focusing on creating hand-beaded and woven pieces that explore movement and transcendence of time in relation to the human body/experience.
Artist Statement
Through the years of creating and appreciating art, I realized that what I liked most about it was the process and time it took to create something. When I see a piece of art I wonder about the time, work and thought behind it. It is not just about making something beautiful or interesting but how it makes me feel and how much of my heart goes into it. I learned that loss is something that we all have to deal with at one point in our lives and we have to accept the inevitable. I began to explore with the unpredictable; dissolving materials, garments coming apart, transforming, playing around with the thought that nothing lasts forever, everything is transient. Change and transformation is what I want to explore more through my designs. The excitement and, yet, sadness of watching your creation come apart is what life is all about, constant change.
This is only the beginning of my exploration, the unpredictability of change.
- Isa Guadalupe Medina
Through the years of creating and appreciating art, I realized that what I liked most about it was the process and time it took to create something. When I see a piece of art I wonder about the time, work and thought behind it. It is not just about making something beautiful or interesting but how it makes me feel and how much of my heart goes into it. I learned that loss is something that we all have to deal with at one point in our lives and we have to accept the inevitable. I began to explore with the unpredictable; dissolving materials, garments coming apart, transforming, playing around with the thought that nothing lasts forever, everything is transient. Change and transformation is what I want to explore more through my designs. The excitement and, yet, sadness of watching your creation come apart is what life is all about, constant change.
This is only the beginning of my exploration, the unpredictability of change.
- Isa Guadalupe Medina
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