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| Spanish Sunflowers Fiber Wall Art | | By: | Susan Sorrell |
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| Studio: | Creative Chick Studios |
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| | Specifics: | fiber art | | | | This is part of Susan Sorrell's Abstract series- Fiber Art that pushes the boundries of the traditional! This one-of-a-kind mixed-media piece is hand sewn, painted, beaded, and embellished.
Susan Sorrell’s art quilts are more fabric collages, than traditional quilts. She creates “whimsical” designs to amuse her audience, and herself. Susan is always looking for interesting beads, threads, fabrics, jewelry, odds and ends to complement her pieces. It is the bold colors and fabric design that make a Sorrell fiber piece. Her ideas come from song lyrics, poetry, artists, household items,sayings and imagination. Nothing is too irrelevant to end up in her work. Susan is always experimenting with fiber paints, printmaking,collages and dyes. | | | | Medium: fiber/mixed media
Dimensions: 12.5 x 9 inches
One of a kind item
This item is signed
| | | | Do not wash! frame so air will be able to come in contact with fiber. | |
| | | About the Artist |
| Susan Sorrell | | | | | Creative Chick Studios | | Background: | | Susan Sorrell was born in 1964 in Ft. Eutis, VA. She has traveled all over the world with her parents. Her father was in the Army and then worked for different oil companies. In high school, they settled down in her mother's home place, Greenville SC. Susan attended Winthrop University, SC and graduated with a BVA-Graphic Design, 1987. Then she attend Converse College,SC in 1991 and got a masters in Art Education. Susan taught art for 12 years, then decided to break out and do art full time. | | | | Artist Statement: | "I have been truly fascinated by the use of cloth as a collage element. Within the last few years, I have been experimenting with fabric, beading, painting, printmaking, photography, computer images and found objects that can enhance my cloth. My fiber art has developed from personal experiences and interests. I love the way fiber art pushes the boundaries of traditional quilting and sewing. I like to add color and textures to the fabrics with anything I can find. So, I am always searching for buttons, trim, unusual beads, old jewelry, rubber stamps, paint, and any other items to make my fabric unique.
Learning to sew has been a fun challenge. I really don’t think people realize the selections for fabrics, threads and embellishments that are available today and how much time and energy that go into making one of my pieces. I want to make my artwork to be memorable, so I spend a lot of time scrutinizing every piece of cloth and design element. You have to be careful, because the color and design of the fabric can make or break your finished piece. I guess you can only have too much of a good thing, until it spoils the direction of the piece. Fiber art manages to combine the contemporary with the traditional in a playful way. Being a painter and fine artist, I find fabric to be a great way for expressing myself. In the past year I have been painting and printing on fabric, which is a wonderful way to combine my fiber work and painting together in a piece. I have always admired artists like Teresa May, Susan Shie, Nancy Erickson, Miriam Schapiro, Terri Hancock, Joyce Scott and Faith Ringgold. Their commitment to the fiber art inspires me every day! " | | See more of their works: Susan Sorrell | | | | Technique: | | Susan Sorrell’s art quilts are more fabric collages, than traditional quilts. She creates “whimsical” designs to amuse her audience, and herself. Susan is always looking for interesting beads, threads, fabrics, jewelry, odds and ends to complement her pieces. It is the bold colors and fabric design that make a Sorrell fiber piece. Her ideas come from song lyrics, poetry, artists, household items, sayings and imagination. Nothing is too irrelevant to end up in her work. Susan is always experimenting with fiber paints, printmaking, collages and dyes. She hand sews most of her pieces and maybe machine sews on a few. She heavily beads her work and loves to find unique embellishments to add...the more the better. Susan is mostly self taught as a fiber artist. |
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