STATEMENT

Susan Levi-Goerlich’s fiber artwork celebrates texture, color and the myriad possibilities fiber offers to “paint” an image using fresh and unusual techniques.

The fiber collages are a combination of dyed and hand-painted silks, layering and needle-felting techniques. Susan incorporates different weaves of pure silk to “paint” the image; each shade of color in the collage is produced by a different piece of fabric. Then, using a needle-felting technique, she assembles the work without the use of adhesives.

The stitched paintings meld an interest in gardening with dyed silk and free-motion machine embroidery. As the first step in a multi-step process, Susan utilizes both traditional and innovative silk-painting techniques to apply silk dyes to different weaves of pure silk. Then, using a thirty-something year-old sewing machine as a drawing tool, she blends and mixes colors by layering threads. Painterly effects are created by thousands of stitches.

The imagery is inspired by landscapes and gardens encountered during her travels, and by favorite photographs.

2007 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

• February 23-25 ~ ACC Craft Show, Baltimore, MD
• March 9-11 ~ ACC Craft Show, Atlanta, GA
• May 19-20 ~ Bruce Museum Outdoor Craft Show, Greenwich, CT
• July 12-15 ~ Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
• July 18-21 ~ Ann Arbor State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
• August 31-September 3 ~ Long’s Park Art and Craft Festival, Lancaster, PA
• September 7-9 ~ A Fair in the Park, Mellon Park, Pittsburgh, PA
• October 12-14 ~ Arts Marketplace, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
• October 19-21 ~ Westchester Craft Show, Westchester, NY
• November 16-18 ~ Paradise City-Marlborough, Marlborough, MA
• November 30-December 2 ~ American Craft Show-Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
• December 8-9 ~ 3rd Annual Studio Open House, Columbia, MD