Have Textile will Travel | Susan Hensel Projects

2025-04-14T15:55:43-05:00Articles, News|

Have Textile Will Travel! Work from Susan Hensel Projects is always on the move I love my studio!  I go to it everyday, except when I was sleeping off the second Moderna Covid 19 shot. It’s not all create! create! create!  There is also pack!pack!pack!  For new shows!new shows!new shows!    Fantastic Fibers, at the Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY; April 1st- May 29, 2021;  Fantastic Fibers at the Yeiser Art Center Chromatic Bookblocks Chromatic Bookblocks is in the show with lots of great art by people! Follow them on Facebook and Instagram as their website is under re-construction!  With any luck it will be live soon, as well. […]

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

2025-04-14T15:56:26-05:00Articles, 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!) 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. […]

BOOKISH is Open TODAY | New Art | Susan Hensel Projects

2021-03-11T18:15:16-06:00News, Exhibition|

Looking For New Art? Look No Further As BOOKISH Is Live! BOOKISH is now available for your enjoyment! This is a special exhibition of new art of textile medium related to artists books. Many of you know that I have a deep background in artists books. Many of the books I created are in major collections all over the place, including the Museum of Modern Art. Every year, I still nerd out and make at least one book.  I LOVE books. I covet books. I buy books all the time. So it should be no surprise that I have expressed my love of books in textiles as well as paper and board! […]

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

2021-03-16T10:48:13-05:00Articles, Exhibition|

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. […]

Exhibitions Opening Soon | Susan Hensel Projects | Bookish

2021-03-11T19:15:59-06:00Articles, 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. […]

Persist | Textile Art | Susan Hensel Projects

2021-03-12T12:29:42-06:00Articles, 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. […]

Art Catalogs Susan Hensel Projects | Embroidery Art

2025-04-14T16:01:57-05:00Articles, 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!   […]

Invitational Art Exhibition Susan Hensel | Pandemic Art Lessons

2025-04-14T16:03:05-05:00Exhibition|

INVITATIONAL ART EXHIBITION Susan Hensel OPENING ONLINE SOON Pandemic Art Lessons: A Women’s Art Institute Online Initiative  October 26–December 11, 2020 Featured artists invitational art exhibition online: Hend al-Mansour, Rajee Aryal, Leslie Barlow, Beth Bergman, Teresa Cribelli, Rita Collins, Paola de la Calle, Nicole Drilling, Carolyn Halliday, Susan Hensel, Fawzia Khan, Sarah Kilgallon, Catherine Alice Michaelis, Gwen Partin, Nancy Robinson, Natalie Vestin During these months of the COVID-19 pandemic, isolation and social upheaval, artists have turned on their creativity, delving deeply into their studio practice. While some have taken on these events as a subject, others have seemingly worked in opposition to its effect on our lives. In these wide-ranging responses to our invitation, artists demonstrate that art cannot be denied even in these confounding times. Here’s what sixteen invited women and non-binary artists are thinking about now. – Patricia Olson and Paige Tighe, Co-curators Invitational Art Exhibition with Susan Hensel I am exhibiting works completed during the pandemic: Escape Capsule and Chromatic Flutter. About Women’s Art Institute: Since 1999, Women’s Art Institute offers events of interest to contemporary women’s art practice, as well as a four-week summer intensive studio course for advanced women artists of all ages and backgrounds. [...]

Art Exhibition 70 A-One? | At Silvermine Galleries | Susan Hensel Art

2025-04-14T16:06:00-05:00Exhibition, Articles|

Silvermine Art Galleries Susan Hensel Art Exhibition 70 A-One? Silvermine Galleries & Susan Hensel! Art Exhibition 70 A-One? Don’t Miss it!  Through October 20, at Silvermine Galleries, in New Canaan, CT.  It’s the 70th year of this show and it is a major celebration for this well-known Art Guild.   Indeed, I am so pleased to be in this show with Chromatic Wave 2 & Chromatic Curve and to now be a member of this 96 year old artists guild!  As part of this show, I participated in a Pecha Kucha!  What’s a Pecha Kucha?  It is a brief presentation of words and images. Here’s mine! […]

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