Exhibitions
“Sheet Weaver Money Spider and Golden Thread Snake” (see image below) on view in
Art of New York, The Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie, NY 13317, 518-673-2314, www.arkellmuseum.org.
May 10th to July 21st, 2024
www.arkellmuseum.org.
Pandora Box Series, 4 of the tapestries on view in
Structures and Constructions in Fiber-2024, New Hope Arts Center, 2 Stockton Ave., New Hope, PA 18938, 215-862-9606, www.NewHopeArts.org
June 29th thru August 18th, 2024
Videos
PBS station WMHT (Troy, New York), interviewed Susan in the fall of 2021. Listen to her talk about her work as you enjoy images of many of her tapestry series. Click here.
Click here to watch a video of Susan talking about the work in the juried show, 2020 Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region.
Recent Work
“Sheet Weaver Money Spider (Linyphildae)
and Golden Western Blind Thread Snake (Rena Humilis Humilis)”
Base: 21” x 21”; Plexiglass box” 18”w x 18”d x 16”h
Grasses: tapestry woven multi selvedge cotton warp, silk wrapped stainless steel and nylon, silk, and rami weft. Lichens: tapestry woven multi selvedge rami warp, paper moire , wool and raffia weft. Spider: tapestry woven silk wrapped stainless steel warp, wool weft. Hammock web: woven multi selvedge gold metallic thread warp and weft. Snake: tapestry woven linen warp, rami and gold metallic thread.
Branches: crocheted linen paper wrapped around galvanized steel wire with crocheted wool moss. Recycled pine box, found rocks, book cloth on book board, Velcroed plexiglass box.
Read about this tapestry, and view more images, here.