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How I Arrived Here | Susan Hensel Projects | Textile Study Guild of NY

2021-04-01T16:40:29-04:00Articles, Embroidery Art|

“I am always amazed at how I arrived here, steeped in digital embroidery, making hard edged sculptures from soft materials!”   Chromatic Wave    ( I was  honored recently to be featured in a profile on The Textile Study Group of NY website with a stellar group of textile artists who work sculpturally! Do check out the other profiles.  Enjoy!) [su_divider] My background and training are in the arts with a BFA in sculpture and painting.  I worked for many years in ceramics, many years in papermaking, many years in book arts and many years as a gallery director. My “hobby time” was thoroughly fiber: hand spinning, sewing, hand embroidery. Materials with their haptic and scientific qualities always obsess me. […]

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Solo Art Show – Abstract Stitch | Susan Hensel Projects

2021-04-01T14:03:26-04:00Embroidery Art, Exhibition, Articles|

ABSTRACT STITCH a Solo Art Show opened! 621 Gallery 621 Industrial Drive Tallahassee, FL 32310 You could say that I went to Florida last week… But that would be a stretch! A solo art show – Abstract Stitch | Susan Hensel Projects! I shipped a whole lot of my work to 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, Florida last week.  This was the solo art show, ABSTRACT STITCH, that had been delayed by the pandemic, not once, but TWICE! […]

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COLOR INTERACTIONS | Susan Hensel Projects | Textile Art

2021-03-11T17:30:36-05:00Articles|

Pandemic Projects: Susan Hensel Explores the Effect of Substrate Color on Finished Objects | Textile Art FEBRUARY 26, 2021 ( Published today on the blog of the Surface Design Association.) COLOR INTERACTIONS | Susan Hensel Projects | Textile Art Susan Hensel is a multidisciplinary artist, with a 50+ year career, who combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. She make sculpture and wall art using the colors and techniques of commercial embroidery, designed in the computer and stitched out on the computer-aided embroidery machine. This ongoing pandemic project is called Chromatic Book Blocks. Upon completion, there will be al least 25 modules. Susan Hensel Chromatic Book Blocks 2021, digital embroidery, mixed media. Photo by the artist. […]

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Old Gallery – New Space! The Art Gallery To Visit | Susan Hensel Projects

2021-03-11T18:00:40-05:00Articles|

The Art Gallery To Visit Old Gallery – New Space     Susan Hensel Gallery Merges With Susan Hensel Projects Most of you reading this may know something about me. To compliment my studio practice as Susan Hensel Projects, I have a deep history owning and directing art galleries. It started with Wyrd Sisters in Okemos, Michigan with 2 friends, Sue Ann Long and Linda Kalinich. We ran an art education facility and small gallery in a haunted building! It was a funny little building, one of the oldest in the area. It started as a dry goods store, I think with a hitching post. Then it was a dentist office, and a photography studio, among other untold things in history! It’s also worth noting that tools disappeared and reappeared in mysterious ways. No matter your take on that information, my new venture is the next art gallery to visit. […]

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How Digital Art Is Made With ODETTA Digital – ESSENTIAL WORKS | Susan Hensel Projects

2021-03-16T10:48:13-04:00Exhibition, Articles|

How Digital Art Is Made For The Winter Exhibition It’s time for a story… I made the decision to join ODETTA Digital art on the SHIM Art Network just as the virus hit. This was around the same time most in-person art viewing was shutting down. I am still grateful and happy in doing so. If you don’t already know, the way I craft my art involves both personal planning and creativity and also computer assisting. I put together the color combinations and style of stitching. Then, I load the information into the digital framework which generates the patterns to bring things to life. […]

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Exhibitions Opening Soon | Susan Hensel Projects | Bookish

2021-03-11T19:15:59-05:00Articles, Exhibition|

BOOKISH | New Art In COVID-Times This is a truly special exhibition inspired by books in the unique medium of textiles. The artist Susan Hensel remains hard at work while others choose to take this time to rest. Don’t miss out on the preview of this new art in COVID-times while waiting for the opening Dec 18, 2020… Discover the sneak peek exclusively for the new works in BOOKISH. […]

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The Value of Art | Continuing Education | Susan Hensel Projects

2021-03-12T12:53:37-05:00Articles|

I have been thinking a lot about the value of art lately.  I intuitively know that it is not just any ordinary commodity, governed directly by costs, supply and demand.  While those things are important, they are not the whole story.  I have been having these discussions with friends in business for years…and just simply have not had the language or economic understanding to hold up my end of the discussion or get across what I mean. […]

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Persist | Textile Art | Susan Hensel Projects

2021-03-12T12:29:42-05:00Articles, Exhibition|

What Is Textile Art To Susan Hensel Projects Textile art has many meanings and depends on who you speak with. To the fellow artist, it is another form of expressing yourself. In essence, it means to tell a story to help you feel an emotion. To the viewer, it could offer a sense of subtle beauty and inspiration. For Susan Hensel Projects, textile art is a form of persistence and resilience. […]

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Art Catalogs Susan Hensel Projects | Embroidery Art

2021-03-12T13:48:52-05:00Articles, Freebies|

Art Catalogs Hensel Projects Catalogs! Catalogs! Did We Mention Catalogs? Just a little note to let you know that there are FREE art catalogs available from Susan Hensel Projects!  The pandemic made me do it!  That is, start the special, online, curated exhibitions.  As a result, the list of catalogs is growing.  Get them here! Take a look below to get a preview and go take a look or download them for later.  You can even print them out!   […]

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