{"id":8792,"date":"2014-10-24T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T18:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=8792"},"modified":"2014-10-25T00:40:36","modified_gmt":"2014-10-25T06:40:36","slug":"outside-inspiration-bead-fiber-on-the-verge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/outside-inspiration-bead-fiber-on-the-verge\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside Inspiration: Bead & Fiber on the Verge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"amy<\/a>Before I write up a blog, I search what I’ve posted over the years\u00a0to insure I’m not showing the same artists over and over, and that it’s been a while since I’ve posted their work. It’s a way of spreading the love around, so to speak. I don’t usually have to worry about that with posts from artists working in other mediums, but I was afraid I’d already shared the stunning work of Amy Gross<\/a> and maybe shouldn’t be sharing it again. But, to my surprise, I never have! I don’t know how that happened. However, since her\u00a0work was in the\u00a0Racine Museum of Art\u2019s (in)Organic exhibition<\/a>\u00a0I saw this past weekend,\u00a0I\u00a0can now\u00a0correct that.<\/p>\n

Amy is so one of my very favorite artists in the realm of mixed media art. The richness of the textures and colors are what draw you in, but it’s the imagery, both realistic\u00a0and\u00a0implied, that holds you there. At least it does me. It helps that I have an interest in both the growth and decay that is the cycle of nature. Amy’s work filters what she sees in this cycle through her own personal experiences as she notes in her artist statement<\/a> on her website:<\/p>\n

“My embroidered and beaded fiber pieces are my attempt to merge the natural observable world with my own inner life: I\u2019m trying to remake nature sieved through my own experiences. I\u2019ve always been attracted and frightened by things that are in their fullest bloom but on the verge of spoiling. There\u2019s such beauty and sadness to them, heightened by the undeniable inevitability of their ending.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"amyI was so immensely thrilled to see her work in person for the first time at Racine Art Museum–I had read her work would be in the exhibit–that I was having a hard time containing myself. But, jumping up and down or squealing with glee is not museum-appropriate\u00a0conduct. So, I am happy I have a chance to to do so here.\u00a0The first image is one I was given permission to take at the museum. I really wanted to capture the colors in that top leaf in contrast with the darker colors below. The second photo is from her website and gives you more details of the lower half. See even more shots of this and other pieces of Amy’s in her website gallery pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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