Delicate Crocheted Patterns Splice and Embellish Susanna Bauer’s Dried Leaf Sculptures — Colossal



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“Sum of the Components” (2022), magnolia, oak, cottonwood, eucalyptus, airplane tree, beech leaves, 38 x 34 centimeters. All photos by Artwork Photographers, © Susanna Bauer, shared with permission

Classic lace and the intricate innards of cells affect the thread elements of Susanna Bauer’s crocheted works. The German artist, who lives within the U.Okay., stitches leaves she’s discovered, washed, and dried, a painstaking course of made extra laborious by the inherent fragility of the fabric. “Taking time beneath timber, gathering leaves, considering their shapes, imperfections, and particulars lies on the foundation of my course of. Together with this quiet gathering, tales type, dialogues between leaves emerge, reflections on time and alter and interpersonal connections,” Bauer shares.

Most of the artist’s latest works are on view as a part of her solo present Gathering Tales, which interprets these conversations and themes into three-dimensional items. Just like her earlier collection, this new assortment is various in species and crocheted patterns. In “Sum of Components,” numerous segments from six totally different timber are spliced with pure cotton thread, whereas “Blossom” surrounds a single magnolia leaf with fibrous filigree.

Gathering Tales is on view via January 14, 2023, at Le Salon Vert in Carouge, Geneva. You could find extra of her work on her website and Instagram.

“Emergence l” (2022), magnolia leaves, cotton thread, 50 x 50 x 5 centimeters

“Blossom” (2022), magnolia leaf, cotton thread, 30 x 30 centimeters

“Haven” (2022), magnolia leaves, cotton thread, 42 x 47 centimeters

“Time (Spring 22)” (2022), oak leaf cotton thread, 30 x 30 centimeters

“Sharing Goals” (2022), magnolia leaves, cotton thread, 30 x 30 centimeters

“Emergence l” (2022), magnolia leaves, cotton thread, 50 x 50 x 5 centimeters

High left: “Thrive lll” (2022), magnolia leaf, cotton thread, 30 x 22 centimeters. High proper: “Respiratory lll” (2022), magnolia leaf, cotton thread, 38 x 28 centimeters. Backside left: “Symmetry” (2022), magnolia leaf, cotton thread, 38 x 38 centimeters. Backside proper: “Calibration,” (2022), magnolia leaf, cotton thread, 52 x 42 inches

“Ginkgo Circle lll” (2022), ginkgo leaf, cotton thread, 21 x 17 centimeters

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#leaves
#sculpture
#Susanna Bauer
#thread

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