Elizabeth Tolson, Artist

untitled bodies, 2019
Fabric
Individual piece size: h: 48 in x w: 24in x d: 3in

Moon Surface Study

Weaving 

Ceramic, Embroidery Thread

Artist Website

https://elizabethtolson.com/

 

Judith Scott, Artist, American, b.1943, d. 2005

The work of Judith Scott involves the careful and obsessive wrapping of various and often unidentifiable objects in yarn, twine, cord, and fabric. They are human in scale—the smallest are easily hand-held, while the largest are the size of a person. Together they are a showcase of color, texture, and form, instilling new life in the otherwise negligible items she chose to work with. Scott devoted the last eighteen years of her life to the production of these sculptures, working six to eight hours a day on them. This work in its own right is sufficiently compelling to invite attention, but considering that these objects were produced in such an obsessive manner serves as further cause to dwell on her work.  The human story behind her art gives pause, and strengthens the relational connection between the work and its audience.

Above images and text from cordella.org. Link below. 

https://www.cordella.org/judithscott

Additional info:

https://www.textileartist.org/textile-artist-judith-scott-uncovering-innate-talent/

 

Jennifer Pettus, Artist based in Colorado

Shindig/Wingding

58 x 60 x 12″

Pencil and colored pencil on satin and cotton voile, fabric transfer ink, gold and bronze tulle, cotton thread, synthetic yarn, cotton balls, fabric dye, burlap, perler beads, gold dressing pins, synthetic hair, acrylic paint, sequin trim

Honest or Flare

84 x 20 x 10″

Pencil and colored pencil on tea stained cotton voile, fabric transfer ink, lace, silk flowers, cranberry juice, coffee, hand dyed yarn, duster, faux fur, lace trim, plastic rock, dehydrated apple, ear plug, gold chain

Go to artist website to see more. 

http://www.jenniferpettus.com/

Joan Steiner, Artist, American, b. 1943, d. 2010,

Go to link below to watch video

https://www.pbs.org/video/julie-schafler-dale-joan-steiner-yohq5y/r

 

Jannick Deslauriers, Artist, Lives and works in Montreal

Go to link below to see more and read interview with the artist. 

https://www.designboom.com/art/healed-ghosts-jannick-deslauriers-ephemerality-fragile-fabric-forms-04-28-2021/

 

Beverly Semmes, Artist, American, b. 1958

Go to source link to read article:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/beverly-semmes-at-susan-inglett-6019/

 

Source:

https://knoxart.org/news_articles/the-knoxville-museum-of-art-presents-beverly-semmes-starcraft/

More to see on gallery website:

http://shoshanawayne.com/artists/beverly-semmes

Source:

https://camdenartcentre.org/whats-on/kimberly

Anne Wilson, Artist, American

 

LOST is about the loss of the physical body; about mortality. The displaced hair is lost, separated from the body, graduated over a large cloth that may reference something like a garment or a curtain, gathered and draped over a chair.

More to see. 

Artist Website:

https://www.annewilsonartist.com/hair_archived/anne.4.html

Zoe Leonard, Artist

Zoe Leonard’s Strange Fruit (1992–97) consists of some three hundred fruit skins – bananas, oranges, grapefruits, and lemons – consumed, then stitched back together by the artist with brightly coloured thread and wire. The work was made in the 1990s, during the global AIDS crisis that devastated communities in New York, where Leonard was living and working.

By sewing up wasted peels instead of discarding them, the artist created objects that resemble little bodies FIG. 2. At a time in which her dying friends were treated as disposable by most of the public, the government and the medical community, the task may have offered a defiant respite. Leonard described sewing as a sort of meditation, a private act of mourning.

Above images and text from Burlington Contemporary:

https://contemporary.burlington.org.uk/journal/journal/intent-in-the-making-the-life-of-zoe-leonards-strange-fruit

and Seven Ponds

https://blog.sevenponds.com/soulful-expressions/strange-fruit-for-david-by-zoe-leonard-breathes-new-life-into-death