{"title":"Irina Bolivia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"cento-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"nav-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"nav desktop-nav\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"wsite-menu-default\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\nBorn near the Black Sea in Crimea, Ukraine, Irina now proudly calls Portland, Oregon, home. Her felted wool creations are inspired by nature, memory, and movement—rooted in the places she has loved, from her childhood shores to the wild beauty of the Pacific Northwest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe works with sheep and alpaca wool using both wet-felting and needle-felting techniques, often blending in natural fibers such as silk, hemp, flax, and bamboo. These materials allow her to create soft, tactile forms that invite exploration and spark curiosity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuch of her inspiration comes from the natural world, especially the textures, colors, and rhythms of the Pacific Coast, where she spends much of her time. The forms she creates—pods, orbs, barnacles, ridges, and abstract shapes—emerge from close observation of nature’s patterns. At the same time, they often become metaphors for human experience: vessels of protection, echoes of memory, or fragments of stories carried in fiber.\u003cbr\u003eHer practice is both material and conceptual. 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