Sarah Carr
Lost Continent #1, 2017
Hand-felted wool fiber on upholstery fabric 26 x 31
Mountains, valleys, ridges, and lakes of fiber define a colorful continent that never existed.
Sarah Carr
The Sun Sets on Coal Country, 2017
Hand-felted wool fiber on commercial wool felt 15 x 24
I was born in WV and grew up being warned to stay away from the slag piles that dotted the landscape. This work shows the hidden fire of the slag piles, the environmental destruction of mining, and the sun setting on the fantasy of the coal industry as the backbone of the WV economy.
Sarah Carr
Sinuosity, 2019
Hand-felted wool fiber on wood panel 9 x 12
Bold colors define undulating lines, creating a repetition that evokes the constant firing of nerve synapses.
