Huddle

Description

New Textile Art by Susan Hensel

Experiments, experiments and, yes, play!

One afternoon, I started playing with what the embroidery looked like folded.  Soon, it became obviously articulated, like a crustacean.  It was interesting to see the tensions in play between the soft vertical folds and the resistant curve in on itself.  It was also interesting to see the subtle color shifts brought about by changing the color of the substrate from white, to grey, to deep purple.

Sculpture: Fabric on Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric), Wood.

[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]