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Mixed media – rock, wire, gel medium, paint, fabric. In Aruba, I found hundreds of dead sea fans washed up on shore. In spite of this evidence of dying reefs, the brown and brittle sea fans are still undeniably beautiful! It is illegal to bring any plant life, even dead, into the US, so IContinue reading “Sea Fan Red

Shelley Brucar

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Mixed media – rock, wire, gel medium, paint, fabric. In Aruba, I found hundreds of dead sea fans washed up on shore. In spite of this evidence of dying reefs, the brown and brittle sea fans are still undeniably beautiful! It is illegal to bring any plant life, even dead, into the US, so IContinue reading “Sea Fan Blue

Shelley Brucar

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Stiffened fabric, surface design, paper collage, beading. My goddess series is about strong women. Some of these goddesses are from mythology and some are imagined by me. Corallina protects our reefs which are being bleached and are dying as a result of warming seas. Fabric and paper sculpture.

Hand-dyed & painted, machine stitched. Inspired by beautiful reflections in the water in Venice.

Stiffened fabric, surface design, paper collage, beading. My goddess series is about strong women. Some of these goddesses are from mythology and some are imagined by me. Medeina is the Baltic goddess of the Forest. Fabric and paper sculpture.

Painted fabric, machine stitched. Inspired by many walks in forest preserves.

Stiffened fabric, surface design, paper collage, beading. My goddess series is about strong women. Some of these goddesses are from mythology and some are imagined by me. Solara was inspired by a friend who had great excitement about and traveled. Far for the best possible viewing of the August eclipse.

Hand-dyed & painted; machine stitched; wrapped on stretcher bars.

Awakening is hand-woven and achieves additional layering and texture through dimensional weaving.

Surface design, paper collage. The Graffiti Trees series grew out of my love for birch trees. After the first Graffiti Trees piece, I wanted to see what these trees would look like in the sunset. Paper collage.

Hand-dyed & painted; machine stitched; wrapped on stretcher bars.

Discovery was the beginning of my exploration with dimensional weaving. Weaving, as with my other fiber art, starts with an idea that evolves as the work progresses. Dimensional weaving gives a piece added layers and texture.

Hand-dyed, screened & layered fabrics; machine stitched. Part of traveling exhibit inspired by the Wallace Stevens poem, “13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”.

2nd piece in series related to climate change. Charred Landscape brings awareness to wildfires and the damage they cause.

Hand-dyed & snow-dyed fabric. Needle-felting; machine stitched.

Hand-dyed & discharged velvet, machine stitched.

Recycled materials, needle felted, machine stitched, beaded. Wrapped on stretcher bars. Inspired & created from a wool blanket given to me by friends after cleaning out a parent’s house.

Hand-dyed & painted, photo transfer, machine stitched. Wrapped on stretcher bars. Inspired by the butterfly exhibit at the Botanic Garden.