Fiber artist Susan Lenz is experimenting with a new project: free-motion embroidery of authentic epitaphs on the sheerest chiffon. She says,
For this installation, I want the memories to almost float in space, as if written on semi-invisible tombstones. I want to create an atmosphere that suggests both the individual people but our human, universal connection with life and death.
Go to Susan’s blog, Art In Stitches, to see her two test pieces. I’ll be keeping an eye on the development of this project. You should, too!
If you have ever fallen down a temari rabbit hole and found yourself staring at those beautifully wrapped thread balls wondering how on earth people make them so perfectly,
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