Shannon Molter
Convergence, 2022
Leather, acrylic, indigo dye, stitching 58 x 48 inches
Shannon Molter is a sculptor working with found materials whose histories span cultures, especially leather and fur garments. By working with castoff materials from high embodied energy processes, utilizing time and labor intensive craft techniques, she maintains a tie to the animal and its life, while redrawing a severed connection between “us and them.” As human technological and societal evolution continues, the disconnection from non-human voices also deepens. We may lose our ability to communicate -- the richness in our languages, forms of expression and role, within an integrated ecological system. By presenting work resituating humans and non-humans in relationship, Molter hopes to weigh contemporary societal and artistic conventions, especially around the value of the made object. She directs the viewer's gaze inward, presenting relatable materials, images, and objects in unfamiliar states, to encourage entangled perspectives.
Shannon Molter
Babel, 2020
Leather, acrylic, indigo dye, stitching 49 x 63 inches
Shannon Molter is a sculptor working with found materials whose histories span cultures, especially leather and fur garments. By working with castoff materials from high embodied energy processes, utilizing time and labor intensive craft techniques, she maintains a tie to the animal and its life, while redrawing a severed connection between “us and them.” As human technological and societal evolution continues, the disconnection from non-human voices also deepens. We may lose our ability to communicate -- the richness in our languages, forms of expression and role, within an integrated ecological system. By presenting work resituating humans and non-humans in relationship, Molter hopes to weigh contemporary societal and artistic conventions, especially around the value of the made object. She directs the viewer's gaze inward, presenting relatable materials, images, and objects in unfamiliar states, to encourage entangled perspectives.
Shannon Molter
Wilderness (@USABLE SPACE), 2015
Found Forest castoffs 20' x 40'
Shannon Molter
Passage, 2015
Silk, cast concrete Site Specific Installation
Shannon Molter
Forest Floor, 2017
Woven, cut and wet-cast garment leather cast offs 22" x 18" x 4"
Shannon Molter
Mirror, 2019
Heirloom, home-tanned buckskin cast offs 18" x 18" x 2"
Shannon Molter
Rabbit, 2018
Garment production waste, fur 14" x 5.5" x 10"
Shannon Molter
Fox, 2018
Garment production waste, fur 20" x 36" x 12"
Shannon Molter
Colonization III, 2015
Silk, felt, glass, graphite 56" x 40" x 12"
