A group exhibition exploring care, spirituality, liminality, and the sacredness of soft things
Tender Beings invites viewers into a space between worlds—between thought and feeling, spirit and soil, grief and growth. Featuring new and recent works by Edmund Green Langdell, Tess Edmonds, and Faye Harnest, this show presents soft sculptures, assemblage, and mixed media works that emerge from personal rituals, intuitive making, and a deep trust in the unseen. These “tender beings” are not merely objects, but emissaries, protectors, and companions for the human journey. Some are meant to be touched. Others invite quiet reflection. All are made with care, curiosity, and a willingness to listen to what wants to come through.
Featured Artists
Edmund Green Langdell is a Brooklyn-based artist and designer whose intuitive sculptural practice is rooted in their Zen Buddhist practice, childhood on a Vermont homestead, and background in fiber arts. Their materials—dried daffodils, dyed silks, stones, and thread—are collected through resonance and transformed through quiet, meditative assembly. For Edmund, each piece is a devotional act, an invitation to connect with the spiritual nature of impermanence and becoming.
Tess Edmonds creates soft-sculpture beings from fabric remnants, fallen branches, beads, watercolor, and other found objects. Each of her creations is a co-creative process with a Being who seems to reveal itself as it comes into form. Some are guardians, others guides or symbolic messengers. Together, they map the complex inner worlds of imagination, archetype, and relationship.
Faye Harnest is a mixed-media artist and comic creator who makes art that cares—for your grief, your brain, your heart, and your inner child. Harnest’s soft, huggable sculptures and tender comics explore mental health, motherhood, and neurodivergence with compassion and clarity. A certified braille transcriber and accessibility advocate, Faye centers touch and play in her tactile, interactive work. Her practice bridges art and healing, inviting audiences to engage with their bodies and feelings in gentle, meaningful ways.
