Chromatic Exertion

$1,800.00

Chromatic Exertion 

Sculpture
Size: 28 W x 20 H x 1 in

Subjects: Abstract
Styles: Abstract, Minimalism, Modern
Mediums: Fabric, Digital, Textile
Materials: Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric) Wood

Description

Chromatic Exertion

This artwork began on the shores of Lake Superior.  I took my smaller embroidery machine, lots of thread, and a couple of bolts of felt on vacation with me. I played around with color and materials and the ever present, ever pregnant-with-possibility-question: What if…?

So I wondered, “What if I stitched an equal section together on the four sides of a 4″ square?”  I thought it might become a bowl, or a box.  When I tried it, objects did begin to appear.  The most exciting object was the box that was not quite turned all-the-way-right-side-out.

Using three shades of thread, gradients, and three-dimensional forms, the exertion of the hand is made real. Each “scrunchie” began as a 4 ” square but ended as a unique, colorful object.

Sculpture: Digital, Fabric, Fiber, Textile, Paint on Wood, Other.

[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]

Additional information

Weight 8 lbs
Dimensions 44 × 16 × 5 in
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