Jennifer Lommers | Original Mixed Media Art
October 10, 2024 - April 10, 2025
Oregon State University - Austin Hall

1920s Wizard Sewing Machine and suit jacket were owned by Hilda Muyskens, Lommer’s maternal grandmother. Photo by Scott Moss.

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"Time and Place Will Not Tear Us Apart - Letters from Norland" - Lommers travels through time to explore the distance between her descendants of Norland, England, across the expanse of the United States, farming in the Midwest, and finally building c

"Time and Place Will Not Tear Us Apart - Letters from Norland" - Lommers travels through time to explore the distance between her descendants of Norland, England, across the expanse of the United States, farming in the Midwest, and finally building careers and community around the Puget Sound of Northwest Washington. This piece alludes to an English paper pieced hexagon quilt design. It includes a reproduction of a pencil drawing surrounded by vintage postcards, book pages, paper castings, and vintage and modern fibers. The quilted pieces are applied to a backing of wax-coated paper salvaged from the backings of shipping label paper and machine-sewn together.

"I Did Not Expect to Find You..." is constructed with repurposed knit fibers and monotypes, in addition to photographs and postcards collected from a Chicago antique store. Intrigued by the black-and-white photograph with a handwritten description on

"I Did Not Expect to Find You..." is constructed with repurposed knit fibers and monotypes, in addition to photographs and postcards collected from a Chicago antique store. Intrigued by the black-and-white photograph with a handwritten description on the back, "Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun - Aug 1949," Lommers created a new homage to this long-lost memento in her prose poem named for the art. Information about the text can be found on "An Artist's Notes: Time and Place" (ArtistNotes.Substack.com)

“Manifesting Time” is constructed from “Poem 22.03: The Pane of Protogonus” which included a remnant from Lommers’ "double wedding ring" quilt, received as a wedding gift in 1993. Frustrated by the original design but loving the poem that accompanied

“Manifesting Time” is constructed from “Poem 22.03: The Pane of Protogonus” which included a remnant from Lommers’ "double wedding ring" quilt, received as a wedding gift in 1993. Frustrated by the original design but loving the poem that accompanied it, she pulled it apart and re-envisioned it as this time portal. The original poem reads: “Safely perched upon | the pane of Protogonus | forms the universe | into a kaleidoscope | revealing bonds stitched in love.”

“Universe “Expanding” uses elements from the “Origin of Species” series (antique book pages, vintage pattern forms, loose threads, and paint) with a design influenced by the yo-yo quilt. Buttons are from Lommers’ mother’s collection. Information abou

“Universe “Expanding” uses elements from the “Origin of Species” series (antique book pages, vintage pattern forms, loose threads, and paint) with a design influenced by the yo-yo quilt. Buttons are from Lommers’ mother’s collection. Information about the text (and poem) can be found on "An Artist's Notes: Time and Place" (ArtistNotes.Substack.com)

"Are You My Mother?" combines imagery from multiple plates featured in Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" to form its own animal hybrid. The antique frame was originally used as the frame for the pencil drawing of Lommers' relative in "Time and Pla

"Are You My Mother?" combines imagery from multiple plates featured in Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" to form its own animal hybrid. The antique frame was originally used as the frame for the pencil drawing of Lommers' relative in "Time and Place Will Not Tear Us Apart - Letters from Norland."

"Origin of Species Experiment No. 240021" combines imagery from multiple plates featured in Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" to form its own animal hybrid.

"Origin of Species Experiment No. 240021" combines imagery from multiple plates featured in Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" to form its own animal hybrid.

"Origin of Species Experiment No. 240012" combines imagery from multiple plates featured in Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" to form its own animal hybrid.

"Origin of Species Experiment No. 240012" combines imagery from multiple plates featured in Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" to form its own animal hybrid.