landscapes
LANDSCAPES
Various fiber art landscapes made by Miami artist, Pangea Kali Virga
These artworks were made with upcycled materials using zero waste practices.
Landscapes and nature play a large role in Pangea's work and offer a constant flow of inspiration. These textile interpretations of local flora and fauna highlight the landscapes that Pangea lives and works in and hopes to uplift the vital role these ecosystems play in our present and future.
RAISING ROOTS LIKE ARMS
Commissioned by the Miami Dade Parks Department.
Made for the In The Company Of Women gala, 2025.
upcycled fiber, beads and sequins, including silk from dance costume scraps, cottons from vintage army jackets, hand-dyed upcycled cotton sheeting, interior design swatches, and turmeric hand dyed cotton shirting.
24x36 in
BEHOLD THIS COMPOST! BEHOLD IT WELL!
17 x 23 in
2025
"Behold this compost! behold it well!" was made using upcycled materials using zero-waste practices including interior design swatches from local design firms, netted fruit packaging from the supermarket, scraps from previous projects, hand-dyed second-hand clothing donated by the community, and vintage threads from a friend's grandmother. Natural dyes used for the piece were grown in Pangea's yard including turmeric and butterfly pea.
Hand pieced, appliqued, beaded, dyed, and embroidered, and sewn fiber art wall hanging depicting a compost pile by Pangea Kali Virga. Made in Miami at the Pangea Kali Virga Little River and Oolite Arts studio.
Commissioned for the Fall Issue cover of Edible South Florida.
ediblesouthflorida.com
COMMUNITY SEWING CIRCLE QUILTS
In The Arms Of The Everglades
If The Sacred Is A River Within Us, Let It Flow Like This Forever
Anhinga
Commissioned by the Miami Dade Public Library System, 2024
Made over 6 months with over 60 participants ranging in age from 3 to 84 over 6 community sewing circles.
These two quilts, In The Arms of The Everglades and If The Sacred Is A River Within Us, Let It Flow Like This Forever, were crafted by the Miami community over the course of six sewing circle sessions led by local sustainable fiber artist, Pangea Kali Virga, and hosted at the Miami Beach Regional YouMake space. The sewing circles taking place from August through December of 2024 welcomed dozens of participants with ages ranging from 2 to 80 who worked on dyeing the fabrics, cutting the patterns and motifs, pinning the elements together, and sewing the layers together to create two finished quilted landscapes. The landscapes depict and are inspired by various regional ecosystems in the Everglades as well as native plants and animals including the Anhinga bird, Julia butterfly, and Mangrove trees. The quilt borders take direct inspiration from various patchwork designs from the Miccosukkee. The materials for the two quilts were upcycled and repurposed from old military jackets, bed linens, clothing, net fruit packaging, vintage bridal lace, and more. All scraps leftover from the quilt making process will be further repurposed in new art works.
The books used for reference throughout the series are available through the Miami Dade Public Library system.
Everglades Wildflowers : A Field Guide To Wildflowers Of The Historic Everglades, Including Big Cypress, Corkscrew, and Fakahatchee Swamps by Roger L. Hammer.
Hand-Stitched Quilts : Choose From 27 Block Designs And Hand-Piece Your Own Unique Quilts by Carolyn Forster.
Easy Shibori Tie Dye Techniques : Do-It-Tourself Tying, Folding And Resist Dyeing by Sutajio Takku Kurieitivu
Miccosukee Arts & Crafts by Dorothy Downs.
