amy gross reimagines the landscape
Susan Lomuto | Oct 20, 2009 | Comments 4
Immerse yourself in the world according to Amy Gross for a moment, where paper, polymer clay and seed beads are transformed to mimic objects from nature that the artist paints, embroiders and stitches into being. The New York native, now living in Florida, trained as a painter and holds a BFA in Fine Art and Design from Cooper Union.
Mushrooms
paper, embroidery thread, yarn, beads, wire, fabric, hand-sewn to wooden sphere, 4″ x 3.5″ x 3.5″
Warbler’s Biotope
embroidery thread, ribbon, yarn, seed beads, digitally printed fabric, polymer clay, paper, trapunto, applique, sewn to sphere, 5.5″ x 6″
Eyes
paper, embroidery thread, beads, wire, fabric, hand-sewn to wooden sphere, 4″ x 4″ x 4″
I make environments where everything represented is made out of something else – imitative materials: fabric, paper, applique, embroidery thread, paint, beads, oil pastel, and wax. I re-imagine the landscape and objects from nature, altered through my life and experiences of the human body. I mix anxieties and secrets, physical symptoms and the love and fear of being mortal with fabricated roots and leaves and pods and insects and blooms. I mimic the quickly changing natural world through man-made materials with a longer shelf life, an attempt, though illusory, to slow change, to consider and to hold on to life longer. Amy Gross
Lichens
paper, embroidery thread, yarn, beads, wire, pom poms, fabric, hand-sewn to wooden sphere, 4″ x 3.25″ x 4″
Grown
embroidery thread, ribbon, yarn, seed beads, digitally printed fabric, polymer clay, paper, trapunto, applique, sewn to sphere, 9″ x 9″
Amy Gross at itty bitty artshow
Amy Gross website
Amy Gross on Flickr
Read an interview with the artist here
Close up images of her work here
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WOW! Amy’s work is simply amazing! It makes me want to go out into our woods and dig around tree stumps and under leaf litter to see if I can find some of these wonderful flora and fauna! Well done, Amy!
Thanks, Susan, for a very inspirational post.
Love this!!!!
Amy is a friend of mine, and I am so happy that her wonderful art is starting to get the recognition it deserves.
She sees the world with so much wonder, and her art work brings that wonder to reality. The life cycles of the natural world, birth, death and all the stages in between – it’s all captured with such feeling and artistry!
Amy has taken 2 known worlds, nature and art and brought them together in her own stunning interpretation to create something that excites both the eye and the imagination. Thank you for bringing her to us.
Toni P.