https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQinHd-PnM

Artist Statement

My on-going interest in the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi, finding beauty in things that are imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete is at the core of all of my art work. I like to capture the essence of images made of light and movement, images that are infinitely variable. What does the eye see? What does the camera see? What does the mind see?

 

My newest series is Observations: Walking in Wonder.  It interprets the observations I made as I walked into hand stitched textiles.

 

The Leaves and Forest Floor series of work that explores and interprets natural images by enlarging and reshaping them. I collect leaves, pods, flowers, grasses, bark, branches and anything else of interest and closely at their structure and shape. In particular, I like to collect these natural objects at the end of summer when they have begun to wither and fragment. Looking at them closely and enlarging them enables me to see them as sculptural objects. Shaping the pieces introduces a new element – light and shadow interacting with the folding surfaces. This dimensional work expands my view in many different directions.

 

The Line Dance: Tree Ring Patterns series is an extension of this exploration of natural objects. Looking at the patterns in the tree rings and then the additional patterns created by overlapping and fragmenting the imagery allows me to see things in new ways.

 

Still Lifes in Indigo: Exploring the Wabi-Sabi Spirit circles back to the use of some of my old Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds to create settings for objects that contain a wabi-sabi spirit in them. They are explorations of texture, color and form. 

 

Beautiful Faces: Thread Paintings Exploring the Imperfect is an exhibit of thread paintings that explore the beauty of the face in found photos of antique statuary.  My ongoing interest in the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi has informed my work over many years. These pieces explore the beauty of faces that are weathered, old and imperfect. They contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. They are explorations of texture, color and form. They began with photos of the sculptures and were translated by free motion stitching/embroidery into textiles with depth, color and inviting surfaces.

 

The Reflections series explores the concept of reflection and how to capture the images that are not physically there, images made of light and movement, images that change.


Studio space located in Woodstock, IL and Tucson, AZ

Barbara@barbarajschneider.com

 

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ARTIST STATEMENT AND PROFILE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQinHd-PnM

Artist Statement

My on-going interest in the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi, finding beauty in things that are imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete is at the core of all of my art work. I like to capture the essence of images made of light and movement, images that are infinitely variable. What does the eye see? What does the camera see? What does the mind see?

 

My newest series is Observations: Walking in Wonder.  It interprets the observations I made as I walked into hand stitched textiles.

 

The Leaves and Forest Floor series of work that explores and interprets natural images by enlarging and reshaping them. I collect leaves, pods, flowers, grasses, bark, branches and anything else of interest and closely at their structure and shape. In particular, I like to collect these natural objects at the end of summer when they have begun to wither and fragment. Looking at them closely and enlarging them enables me to see them as sculptural objects. Shaping the pieces introduces a new element – light and shadow interacting with the folding surfaces. This dimensional work expands my view in many different directions.

 

The Line Dance: Tree Ring Patterns series is an extension of this exploration of natural objects. Looking at the patterns in the tree rings and then the additional patterns created by overlapping and fragmenting the imagery allows me to see things in new ways.

 

Still Lifes in Indigo: Exploring the Wabi-Sabi Spirit circles back to the use of some of my old Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds to create settings for objects that contain a wabi-sabi spirit in them. They are explorations of texture, color and form. 

 

Beautiful Faces: Thread Paintings Exploring the Imperfect is an exhibit of thread paintings that explore the beauty of the face in found photos of antique statuary.  My ongoing interest in the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi has informed my work over many years. These pieces explore the beauty of faces that are weathered, old and imperfect. They contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. They are explorations of texture, color and form. They began with photos of the sculptures and were translated by free motion stitching/embroidery into textiles with depth, color and inviting surfaces.

 

The Reflections series explores the concept of reflection and how to capture the images that are not physically there, images made of light and movement, images that change.


Studio space located in Woodstock, IL and Tucson, AZ

Barbara@barbarajschneider.com

 

Sections