From the archive: “Invisible Forces,” a duo exhibition of Yvonne Mouser’s sculptures and Jane Springwater’s drawings and prints, was presented at Municipal Bonds in 2024. While their practices and mediums differ, both artists investigate structural systems and the push-pull relationships of line, space, and volume. Their exhibition comprised two- and three-dimensional abstract works where transformation of form and relationship to the built environment play with optical effects. In their approaches, conceptual and organizational, Mouser and Springwater each delve into the energetic influences and imperceptible architecture of time.
To learn more about the artists, follow the link in bio.
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"Recursion," a collaboration between Yvonne Mouser and Tiersa Nureyev, is the second work developed through their slot-and-tab system. The piece features rune-like brass characters—I, S, C—joined through tabs and slots to create a rhythmic pattern of lines and curves. Layered, woven structures interlock to form a fabric of braids and chance motifs.
In this work, Mouser and Nureyev extend their engagement with textile weaving and lace making while also pursuing a completely closed system. As with a Celtic knot, the intricate woven structure suggests endless cycles and inextricable connection: one part cannot be pulled without affecting another. They were also inspired by cellular division and mutation. Each motif is made up of a set of circular units that grows by one. These units reflect radially and become increasingly altered as they move away from the center.
The making of these interlocking wall sculptures is akin to creating a puzzle while simultaneously trying to solve it. Working from individual brass elements with corresponding tabs and slots, they establish a motif, then consider how repetition can be employed and disrupted. Through that process of testing and adjustment, a single composition emerges.
Mouser and Nureyev first met nearly two decades ago in a textile theory class while students at California College of the Arts. When they reconnected years later, it was with the intention of a creative exchange. That relationship has since evolved into an ongoing partnership informed by a shared interest in conceptual, material, and systems experimentation.
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@ymouser & @tiersanureyev
Recursion, 2024
Brass
45 x 29 1/2 x 1 inches
Photography by @michael.j.lyon
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#brass #textile #lace #weaving
Join us this Thursday with @aiasf for a conversation + exhibit, Success in the “Business of Being MAD (Maker, Artist, Designer)” featuring Yvonne Mouser and Tina Frey with Lisa Boquiren
February 26th | 5:30-8:30
Center for Architecture and Design
140 Sutter Street, San Francisco
The companion event to the "Meet the Locals article in Small Firms, Great Projects" features @tinafreydesigns and Yvonne Mouser — two artists who are helping make the San Francisco Bay Area art and design scene thrive again.
Part of an ecosystem of unconventional thinkers, experimental creatives and artfully skilled makers bring buzz and substance to the Bay Area art and design scene, Tina and Yvonne will share their origin story, philosophy and process, and weigh in on the local makers' landscape. Their select work will be on exhibit during the event.
Whether you are keenly interested in art and design or simply curious, you will find something to takeaway, and think on, from the conversation.
Register at link in bio
Photography
Yvonne Mouser by Kristen Loken
Tina Frey by Bruce Damonte
Lisa Boquiren by Thomas Heinser
Artist and designer @YMouser explores the rhythm of making—allowing ideas to set, evolve, and rise again with new light ☀️
Don't miss you last chance to view the work of the inaugural Ranch Studios Artists at "Crafting Curiosity."
📍Petaluma Arts Center
🗓️Today and tomorrow only!
⏰️12:00–4:00 pm
🎟️ Free
RSVP for the closing reception at the link in bio.
If you haven't made it out to "Crafting Curiosity", the inaugural Ranch Studios exhibition, you can join us for the closing party February 21 from 2–4 pm @petaluma.arts.center .
At 3pm @chriskallmyer will be activating bells from his explorations and the full exhibition features work from last year's twelve participating artists.
See you there!
RSVP link in bio.
Images:
1 View of the ranch studio through a fresnel grid. photo by Yvonne
2 Detail of Solar Speaker Prototype I, Yvonne Mouser. Image courtesy of the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, photography by Nico Zurcher, 2025
Process and prototyping while in residence last fall @eamesinstitute Ranch Studios Artist Residency.
The exhibition, Crafting Curiosity, showcasing explorations from the twelve artists participating last year is currently on view. And if you missed the opening event you can still join us for the closing party on the 21st.
Crafting Curiosity
January 23–February 21, 2026Thursday–Saturday, 12:00–4:00 pm
Closing Party
February 21, 2026, 2:00–4:00 pm
Petaluma Arts Center
230 Lakeville Street, Petaluma, CA
Exhibiting artists:
@actionweaver
@nobuto_suga
oneohsevenseven
@chefpierrethiam
@kristen.stain
@dion_ceramics
@masakomiki
@ymouser
@windychien
@lenawolffstudio
@chriskallmyer
#art #design #workinprogress #folding #lens #shadow #light #prototyping #process #sound
Don't miss out on this companion event to the Meet the Locals article in Small Firms, Great Projects! We're featuring Tina Frey and Yvonne Mouser — two artists who are helping make the San Francisco Bay Area art and design scene thrive again.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
5:30–8:30 PM
Center for Architecture + Design
Register at the link in bio.
"Colony of Trees," a table and stools by Oakland-based artist and designer Yvonne Mouser, takes its title from a clonal aspen ecosystem—many trunks, one organism, joined underground through a shared root system. Mouser carries this structure into form: individual pieces that stand on their own yet belong to a single, connected whole. Separate elements are bound by an underlying logic of relation and shared support.
On view at FOG Design+Art, Municipal Bonds presents @ymouser 's furniture alongside @janespringwater 's exhibition of drawings in the FOCUS Section, Pier 2, Booth 403. Join us on Sunday, January 25, 11am–5pm.
@fogfair
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
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Yvonne Mouser
Colony of Trees (table and two stools), 2026
Birch plywood
30 h x 35 1/4 w x 35 1/4 d inches, table
18 h x 13 1/2 w x 13 3/4 d inches, stool
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Photography by @michael.j.lyon
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#janespringwater #fogfair #sfartweek
Colony of Trees | Table and Stools
On view now @fogfair through the weekend with @municipalbonds and @janespringwater Booth 403
Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture
2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA
January 24, 2026: 11 – 7
Sunday, January 25, 2026: 11 – 5
Photo by @michael.j.lyon
On view at FOG Design+Art—FOCUS Section, Pier 2, Booth 403—Municipal Bonds presents “Axis,” a solo exhibition of new work by San Francisco–based artist Jane Springwater. Her drawings are meticulous, measured, meditative. The presentation is accompanied by “Colony of Trees,” a table and stools by Oakland-based artist and designer Yvonne Mouser, titled after a clonal aspen ecosystem—a single organism connected through a shared root system—creating a place to sit with Springwater’s work.
@fogfair
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
Friday, January 23: 11am–7pm
Saturday, January 24: 11am–7pm
Sunday, January 25: 11am–5pm
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#fogfair #sanfranciscoart #axis #drawing
#yvonnemouser #colonyoftrees #sfartweek
Opening tonight! Find us at FOG Design+Art—FOCUS Section, Pier 2, Booth 403. Municipal Bonds features a solo exhibition of new works titled "Axis" by San Francisco-based artist Jane Springwater. Our presentation is accompanied by Oakland-based artist and designer Yvonne Mouser's "Colony of Trees" table and stools, offering a place to sit with Springwater's meditative drawings.
@fogfair
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
PREVIEW GALA
Benefitting SFMOMA
Wednesday, January 21: 4–10pm
FAIR HOURS
Thursday, January 22–Saturday, January 24: 11am–7pm
Sunday, January 25: 11am–5pm
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#fogfair #sanfranciscoart #drawing
#yvonnemouser #sfartweek
