Dahri Koopman
BIO
Dahri Koopman is a textile artist who works with different stitch and print techniques. Their style is often evolving and not bound to one style. Their current art practice focuses on themes of trauma and healing and they hope that their art can give others who have been through similar situations that they are not alone and that there is no one right way of healing.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
I'M FINE
I’m Fine (but please don’t look through the gaps in my armor) is two interconnecting pieces that represent the artists healing process through sexual assault trauma. The first layer is machine stitched threads onto dissolvable fabric to create a lace-like cobweb of threads with various densities. Behind the threads is a quilted piece made of cyanotypes and screen prints with various images of organs, hands, and the body. The screenprinted images mimic the style of the cyanotype as a way to represent the feeling of desperation the artist often experienced within their healing journey when they felt like they had to return back to “normal” to be healed.
FEATURED Work
Title: I'm fine (but please don't look through the gaps in my armor)
Dimensions: 78 x 30 x 6 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Machine embroidery on dissolvable fabric, cyanotype and screenprinting on cotton
Title: I'm fine (but please don't look through the gaps in my armor), detail
Dimensions: 78 x 30 x 6 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Machine embroidery on dissolvable fabric, cyanotype and screenprinting on cotton
Title: (please don't look through the gaps in my armor)
Dimensions: 78 x 30 cm
Year: 2023
Materials: Machine embroidery on dissolvable fabric
Title: (please don't look through the gaps in my armor), detail
Dimensions: 78 x 30 cm
Year: 2023
Materials: Machine embroidery on dissolvable fabric