Wednesday, May 18, 2022 (3rd Week) 7:30pm
Found Object Mandala Series
Speaker: Susan Lenz
Susan Lenz is a professional studio artist who uses needle and thread for self-expression. She works to articulate the accumulated memory inherent in discarded things, seeking a partnership with her materials, their purposes, values, and familiar associations.
Susan Lenz started stitching her found object mandalas during the pandemic. It was her attempt to deal with a changing world and a way to adapt to virtual opportunities that replaced in-person exhibitions and events. For Susan, using multiples of seemingly mundane objects puts into perspective the abundance of life and the capacity to keep things as if for a "rainy day". Paper clips, keys, bottle caps, buttons, nails, plastic spoons, and old clock parts are found in most homes. These and so many other, often vintage items are repetitively hand stitched into meditative patterns on sections of old quilts, bringing an extraordinary new life to otherwise everyday things. Susan will share the process she employs, from finding the unique items to mounting the finished stitching.
Register by Sunday, May 15 by 11:30pm
