When Art Was Not Enough

Welcome to my artist blog, where writing and fiber art meet. My work explores grief, healing, and transformation through wool, sculpture, and words. This space holds poems and reflections written during the same season as my Broken Heart series—offering an unfiltered look at grief, and how creativity helps us survive what we cannot fix.

Colorful heart-shaped arrangement of yarn with pink, orange, purple, blue, yellow, and red strands, and text overlay reading "Wool remembers what love could not save" and "Kristi Yapp - Wool Alchemist."
Risen | Mixed Fiber Freeform Crochet Wall Art
Kristi Yapp Kristi Yapp

Risen | Mixed Fiber Freeform Crochet Wall Art

There was a moment when time stopped behaving. The world lost its rhythm and everything went quiet. I built Risen slowly, one stitch at a time, allowing the process itself to become part of the work. As layers formed and time passed, order returned.

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