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.

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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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