Welcome

Melissa M. Haims is a sculptor based in Philadelphia. She creates knit graffiti, soft sculpture, and large-scale installations using knitted and crocheted yarns. Additionally, she sews unconventional quilts using vintage fabrics and subversive text. The majority of her work is produced using recycled, reclaimed and rescued textile materials.

INstallations

Building, wrapping and hanging. Here is a selection of installations over the last 10 years. Many of these works are created from the sum of their parts. Many of those parts can be found in the soft sculpture section of this site.

soft sculpture

Hard + Cold = Soft + Fuzzy.
You can find this work at the intersection of hard truth and plush objects.

ALT quilting

The craft of quilting parallels nicely with the reality and experiences of womanhood — there are a million little pieces of ourselves that we stitch together everyday to build our personal narratives.

VIDEO

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Fairs

Love the fairs. Except on day 4 when i want to kill everyone who looks at me but can only smile and nod. Inside, I am stabbing them with knitting needles.

YARNBOMBING

noun, the action or activity of covering objects or structures in public places with decorative knitted or crotcheted material, as a form of street art.

Thanks, Oxford.