Iviva Olenick

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Muriel Guepin Gallery

    Many thanks to Muriel Guepin Gallery, who has shown my work for the past few years. Muriel really gets my sense of humor and aesthetic sensibility. I am lucky to be working with her. Pin It

  • 61 Local

        61 Local in Boerum Hill (or is it Cobble Hill?), Brooklyn, at 61 Bergen Street, is like a home away from home for me, thanks to the lovely, patient, and talented staff, including Dave Liatti, owner, and Anne Mourier, designer, who commissioned me to make embroideries for the nine sconces lining the interior.…

  • Pocket Square Proposal

    This story is one of my favorites. A friend asked me to recreate in embroidery a love note he’d written for his girlfriend and left on the bathroom mirror late one night. He gave me a handkerchief, and I set to work. The resulting piece became part of his proposal to her. They are now…

  • Wedding gift

    This piece was commissioned by the friend of the newly-wed couple to congratulate them and celebrate their now formalized union.   Pin It

  • Women – Men

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  • Newborn Welcome

    Upon the birth of my oldest friend’s daughter, she asked me to make something to commemorate the occasion. I looked through all of the online photos of her new daughter, and found one to use as inspiration for an embroidery. The base fabric is an antique lace. I think it may have been a pillow…

  • Love

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  • Safeline

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  • Yes

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  • My ethnicity is Brooklyn

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  • Peter Pan

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  • Your Thoughts

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  • All of You

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  • Amidst the Mists

    Several years ago, my friend , Daniel Yuhas, and I traded artwork. He knits amazing animals. In fact, his book, “Knitting from the Center Out,” is now available for pre-order! Anyway, in exchange for a hand-knitted and stuffed octopus, I embroidered the below piece for him. He provided the quote. Congrats to Daniel on his…

  • Threads

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