The Long Process
It is a process. Carolyn Halliday loves the process.
She emailed me last week about how much fun she was having in the studio, knitting trees, getting ready. Of course, that was before the usual pre-show panic that all of us artists experience….the sense of running out of time, the self-doubt, the tired body, weird dreams.
The main exhibition is complete. The temporary hooks are removed, the lights are adjusted, the shadows are cast. This week, in the run-up to the Surface Design Conference visits on Thursday, Carolyn will be working on the window installation of silver trees. And I will be ironing muslin to drape the table and the various distracting aspects of the studio. And, making ice for the hot days ahead.
Susan Hensel Gallery is open on Mondays, 10-5. Other days it is wise to call ahead and make an appointment. The gallery will also be open Thursday, June 9, 10-5.
Open Now: My Father’s Religion June 4- July 12 Opening Reception: June 17, 7-9 pm
Textile Art by Susan Hensel
Discover the transformative textile art by Susan Hensel. Susan Hensel is a multidisciplinary artist, with a 50+ year career. She combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. She also makes sculptures and wall art using the colors and techniques of commercial embroidery. These artworks are designed in the computer and stitched out on the computer-aided embroidery machine. The goal is to create an experience for the viewer that overwhelms with color and transcends the quotidian, encouraging one, for even a few seconds, to step outside the narrative of the ego into a place of pure sensation.
