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This moody honeypie and others on display today at @newartdealers 12-6 ! / 311 east broadway 🌙🍥🖤 s̲i̲d̲e̲ ̲p̲i̲e̲c̲e̲ ̲-̲ ̲g̲o̲l̲d̲ tassel, 2023 leather, horsehair, celastic, bed sheet, chain, wood, cord 5.5 x 5.5 x 23” in. A side piece is a large scale tassel that hangs longingly with your your finishing touches; intimate materials from my life subverting the glam and mundane. photo @minivanboy666 by @katharine_nf
R̲u̲b̲ ̲V̲e̲s̲s̲e̲l̲ ̲1̲ 🐆 2024 dyed towel, brass, glass beeker 6.75 x 8” in. unique Rub is a developing series, where towel is considered as a material that absorbs, consoles and secludes. xxKnf by @katharine_nf
Vanessa Paradis in her custom Snoops by Jean Charles de Castelbajac, 1989 via @youthscenes 🏴‍☠️📞🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ by @katharine_nf
S̳l̳i̳t̳s̳ ̳P̳e̳d̳ Steel frame, towel, resin, chain, grommets, stockings, ribbed polyester, latex, pigment dye, kaolin clay, fabric hardener 12 x 12 x 41.5 in. / 30 x 30 x 105 cm 2024-2025 Slits Ped is a tiered pedestal for washcloth exchanges 🦷🎈🤎 Soft Landing with @jessfugler and @axelsey closes 5/31 / See it this weekend and next at Galerie Shibumi / Thurs - Sun 12-5 / 13 Market st photos @michaelpopp 🏴‍☠️ by @katharine_nf
P̳e̳a̳r̳l̳ ̳V̳a̳n̳i̳t̳y̳ woven dyed towel, fabric, trim, aluminum, plastic, resin, mirror, speculum, misc. accessories 17 x 17.5 x 15 in / 43.2 x 44.45 x 38 cm 2024-2025 All yr going out and (self) hostage - taking tools in one cute clam. Lipstick, pedialyte and zip ties to the front, favorite hoops via speculum to the back. 💄⚒️👼🏼 Soft Landing On view this weekend @galerie.shibumi 13 market st / thurs-sun 12-5pm 🥹 photos @michaelpopp by @katharine_nf
S̲i̲d̲e̲ ̲P̲i̲e̲c̲e̲ ̲-̲ ̲B̲e̲i̲g̲e̲ resin, celastic, leather, fur, night gown, horse hair, suede, silk cord, grommets,chain,garland 39.5 x 9.5 in / 100 x 24 cm 2024-2025 🏹🩸🪞 This feral tassel bébé is on view through May 31 @galerie.shibumi contact@galerieshibumi.com for inquiries photos by my favorite @michaelpopp by @katharine_nf
P̲o̲u̲t̲y̲ ̲P̲e̲d̲ blanket, towel, celastic, woven garland, grommets, trim, plexiglass, plastic bags 32.5 x 12.5 in / 82.5 x 31.75 cm 2025 this pedestal / rec room receptacle (🥲) is on view as part of Soft Landing at Galerie Shibumi, through May 31. photos @michaelpopp by @katharine_nf
Brooklyn-based Katharine.NF is the design-art practice of Kate Ferguson, who holds an MA in Interior Architecture from Suffolk University. Kate creates what she terms ”Alt-Decor“ - sculptural objects that challenge decoration‘s traditionally dismissed role in domestic spaces. Her work purposefully resists functionality, transforming everyday materials like bath towels and stockings into expressive assemblages. These pieces merge soft sculpture with slow craft techniques, using bodily and biographical materials to create works with distinct personalities. Through repurposed objects and thoughtful material transformations, Kate explores the intimate yet strange relationship between decorative objects and the body. Her works embody contradictory qualities - tender yet macabre, coy yet banal - that observe viewers from pedestals and walls with a knowing side-eye. See her work in ”Soft Landing“ at Galerie Shibumi opening May 3rd, 2025. 📸: Michael Popp by @katharine_nf
Detail of a pedestal <SLITS PED> for Soft Landing, the forthcoming show opening at Galerie Shibumi on 5/4. With Eliza and Jess 🖤🖤🖤 Reception is Saturday May 3 - more soon 🐇👼🏼 photo by @michaelpopp ✔️ by @katharine_nf
See You Soon 🖤🖤🖤 Next month is DESIGN MONTH at Galerie Shibumi which coincides with Design Week (May 15-21) in New York City. We are thrilled to announce our group show titled SOFT LANDING which features 3 artists: ELIZA AXELSON-CHIDSEY @axelsey JESS FÜGLER @jessfugler KATHARINE.NF @katharine_nf Soft Landing is the first exhibition of its kind for three New York Design veterans, Eliza Axelson-Chidsey, Jess Fügler, and Kate Ferguson. Hosted by the new Two Bridges-based Galerie Shibumi, this will be its inaugural presentation during the art and design laden month of May. With over four decades of combined professional experience in the design industry, Soft Landing acts as an introductory moment for the trio as they step out from the shadow of brands, corporations, and auxiliary roles. While the pieces range from furniture to sculptural tassels, there is a shared affinity for color and materials. Largely the product of late nights, weekends, and stolen moments, the work is underpinned by rich narratives and personal philosophies. Eliza Axelson-Chidsey’s pieces include large scale furnishings that combine an interest in 3D puzzles, standardized materials, and a quest for adiabatic design. Jess Fügler prompts the viewer to look closer at her whimsical combination of handcrafted details and industrial production in furniture and lighting inspired by personal memories. Kate Ferguson, working under the project name Katharine.NF, challenges conventions around ornament and functionality in decor to present vibrant, soft-sculptural forms that evoke feelings both tender and macabre. Soft Landing juxtaposes these disparate practices as part laboratory, part demonstration, part celebration of the opportunity, and the audacity to make anything at all. by @katharine_nf
via Rare Books Paris 〰️ by @katharine_nf
🌼🪽🕊️⛓️ @ideal__other by @katharine_nf

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