Sheary Clough Suiter
A Seedling Of Truth, Earth pigments, Soya Milk, Threads, Reclaimed Linen, mounted on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, 2023 – 2024
Earth pigments, Soya Milk, Threads, Reclaimed Linen, mounted on Gallery Wrapped Canvas 30 x 24 x 1.5"
Utilizing rusting, eco-dying, raw earth pigments, and hand stitching on reclaimed textiles, these New Directions art forms connect content and media, while simultaneously communicating visually my love for our natural environment, providing me with an art practice that speaks both to sustainability in my daily studio work, as well as the urgent need for bold climate action.
Sheary Clough Suiter
When Life Seems Like A Black Hole, Look For The Light. Earth pigments, Soya Milk, Threads, Reclaimed Linen, mounted on Gallery Wrapped Canvas., 2023 – 2024
Earth pigments, Soya Milk, Threads, Reclaimed Linen, mounted on Gallery Wrapped Canvas 30 x 24 x 1.5"
Current 2D work utilizes handmade paint from raw earth pigments and soya milk, applied to reclaimed and vintage textiles.
Sheary Clough Suiter
Beyond the Fray, Earth pigments, Soya Milk, Threads, Reclaimed Linen, mounted on Gallery Wrapped Canvas, 2023 – 2024
Earth pigments, Soya Milk, Threads, Reclaimed Linen, mounted on Gallery Wrapped Canvas 30 x 24 x 1.5"
Current work utilizes handmade paint from raw earth pigments and soya milk, applied to reclaimed and vintage textiles.
Sheary Clough Suiter
She’s Come Undone, 2022 – 2023
Rusted and Waxed Tissue Paper, Muslin, Thread 10 x 6 x 4"
Referencing the ecological destruction of Mother Earth.
Sheary Clough Suiter
Mending Mother Earth, Vintage cotton tea towel buried in Mother Earth for seven months, stained and decomposed via soil, rain, rodents, and rusty objects. Suturing of the cloth, sticks, and dirt clods that were embedded after “harvesting,” utilizing a reclaimed eco-dyed crocheted doily, various reclaimed textile scraps, and hand stitching with cotton, linen, and silk threads., 2022 – 2023
Vintage cotton tea towel buried in Mother Earth for seven months, stained and decomposed via soil, rain, rodents, and rusty objects. Suturing of the cloth, sticks, and dirt clods that were embedded after “harvesting,” utilizing a reclaimed eco-dyed crocheted doily, various reclaimed textile scraps, and hand stitching with cotton, linen, and silk threads. 25 x 25 x 1 inches
Sheary Clough Suiter
Mending Mother Earth, Vintage cotton tea towel buried in Mother Earth for seven months, stained and decomposed via soil, rain, rodents, and rusty objects. Suturing of the cloth, sticks, and dirt clods that were embedded after “harvesting,” utilizing a reclaimed eco-dyed crocheted doily, various reclaimed textile scraps, and hand stitching with cotton, linen, and silk threads., 2022 – 2023
Sheary Clough Suiter
Mending Mother Earth – Detail, 2022 – 2023
Vintage cotton tea towel buried in Mother Earth for seven months, stained and decomposed via soil, rain, rodents, and rusty objects. Suturing of the cloth, sticks, and dirt clods that were embedded after “harvesting,” utilizing a reclaimed eco-dyed crocheted doily, various reclaimed textile scraps, and hand stitching with cotton, linen, and silk threads. 25 x 25 x 1 inches
Sheary Clough Suiter
INNOCENT #6, One of seven suspended sculptures from the “Flight of the Innocents” installation., 2021
Reclaimed Vintage Baby Dress , encaustic, hand waxed threads, hand stitched embroidery, wire. 15x10x13
One of seven suspended sculptures from the "Flight of the Innocents," conceptualizing the impact of climate change on women and children forced to flee from homelands impacted by drought and flood.
Sheary Clough Suiter
FLIGHT OF THE INNOCENTS, Installation view, from the “The Clothes We Wear” Exhibition, Kreuser Gallery.This installation of seven suspended sculptures conceptualizes the impact of climate change on women and children forced to flee from homelands impacted by drought and flood., 2021
Reclaimed vintage baby dress, encaustic, hand waxed threads, hand stitched embroidery, wire. Variable dimensions.
This installation of seven suspended sculptures conceptualizes the impact of climate change on women and children forced to flee from homelands impacted by drought and flood.
Sheary Clough Suiter
ASSEMBLED COMPONENTS. Inspired by the garment tag which reads: “Assembled in Mexico of USA Components.” From “The Clothes We Wear” exhibition, conceptualizing the environmental and human costs of our Fast Fashion industry., 2021
Encaustic, Thread, Linen, Deconstructed St. John’s Bay Men’s T-Shirt, Wire, Hand Embroidery. 36 x 10 x 6"
From the "The Clothes We Wear" 2021 exhibition at Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, conceptualizing the environmental and human costs of our Fast Fashion industry.
