Scatter

Description

Scatter is a quixotically rigid sculpture built from individual elements.  But,  is utterly flexible in its installation!  Each element is a rigid flower form made of digital embroidered lace.  This style of embroidery is called free-standing lace, or FSL.  FSL has to be designed to lock together without underlying cloth.  It is a bit of a feat, requiring knowledge of materials and structures.

This piece can be installed as shown, with each element stapled to the wall.  Or it can be just as successfully displayed scattered on the floor or the table.  The elements are fairly sturdy and can be tossed around like playthings.

[su_box title=”Susan Hensel” box_color=”#2a6bb0″] Susan Hensel is a multidisciplinary artist, with a 50+ year career, who combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. Susan received her BFA from the University of Michigan in 1972 with a double major in painting and sculpture and a concentration in ceramics. With a history, to date, of over 200 exhibitions, more than 30 of them solo, twenty garnering awards. Above all, Hensel’s desire to communicate stories through art continues to be a powerful motivator. Hensel’s artwork is known and collected nationwide, represented in collecting libraries and museums. [/su_box]