Inspired by the feelings of safety soft materials evoke, Yamaguchi layers large-scale weavings to create "cocoons of comfort."
Her installations consist of modular, weightless weavings designed to hang in the air, forming architectural enclosures that invite viewers to enter and find sanctuary.
Nami’s woven assemblage focuses on spatial creation, stemming from the strange displacement many children of immigrants experience—a pervasive feeling of being in the wrong place while simultaneously being at home.
These weavings began as an exploration into opacity and light, similar to that of “shoji” or paper walls in traditional Japanese homes.
Drawing from her environment, she sustainably harvests and gathers natural ink and dye materials, making her own palettes for her fabric paintings and textile work.
Photosynthesize (weave) 7’x14.5’’
spaced warp, bamboo warp yarn, ribbon from Chinton, pale ribbon from a childhood vest, blue silk and gauze from my Cinderella costume my mother made me, fabric from Nippori, cording, stripped vintage dress i wore to the beach and to my first art auction.
Trinkets in the Wind , 10’ x18'' (image to the right)
multicolor cotton warp yarn, spaced warp painted tulle from a wedding dress petticoat, fabric paint, necklaces, snail shells, stripped up polysilk slip skirts, ribbon, embroidery floss, tulle. woven on my first ever personal floor loom.
Rainbow Clouds
14’1’’x 3’
cotton warp thread, spaced warp, monofilament, industrial tubing, wedding dress petticoat, glitter tulle, synthetic webbing from Halloween decorations, beading wire.
Purple Plastic Purse (weave)
8’5’’x2’
bamboo warp, spaced warp, ribbon, painted wedding dress petticoat, embroidery floss, chiffon ribbon, metal. The multicolor transparent fabric was originally a layer to a wedding under skirt left behind at my work that I painted , wore for a summer, and stripped into weft yarns in fall of 2023, finally weaving them into this piece in 2024.
Windowpane Weave
15’ 30’’x14’’
bamboo warp thread, spaced warp, stripped skirts, painted wedding petticoat, sheer organza, ribbons, mesh, tubing.
