Art Craft
#crochet #leaves #sculpture #Susanna Bauer
Fragile Crocheted Leaf Sculptures by Susanna Bauer
Adornment Vl. 29 H x 21 W cm. Magnolia leaf, cotton yarn. All photos courtesy art-photographers.co.uk.
Working with the rigid edges of large dried magnolia leaves artist Susanna Bauer (previously) adds tiny crocheted embellishments of cotton yarn to create fascinating sculptures that marry the natural and artificial world. The fragility of the medium alone—dry leaves—is enough to cause a double take when first encountering these tiny interventions, and a closer look reveals near perfection in Bauer’s stitching, a near Herculean effort in patience. Many of her pieces are almost shockingly intentional as if the plants had naturally grown this way, while others are more playful, featuring additions or subtractions that reorganize a regular leaf in unexpected ways.
Seen here are all new sculptures created in the last few months. Bauer currently has work on view in her exhibition titled Leaf Works at The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World through May 26 and will be showing new artworks starting next week at Muriel Guépin Gallery in a show called Natural Order. You can see more on her website.
Aligning (side view). 34.2 H x 26.5 W x 7 D cm. Magnolia leaves, cotton yarn.
Aligning (side view). 34.2 H x 26.5 W x 7 D cm. Magnolia leaves, cotton yarn.
Centered. 38 H x 38 W cm. Platanus leaves, cotton yarn.
Four Circles. 38 H x 38 W cm. Magnolia leaves, cotton yarn.
Inner Circle. 35.8 H x 25.8 W cm. Magnolia leaves, cotton yarn.
Inner Circle, detail.
Internal Workings. 35.8 H x 22 W cm. Magnolia leaf, cotton yarn.
Moon Vlll. 35.8 H x 22 W cm. Magnolia leaf, cotton yarn.
Moon VIII, detail.
Resurgence ll. 38.9 H x 34.8 W x 3.2 D cm. Magnolia leaves, cotton yarn.
Resurgence l, detail.
Trans-Plant No.19. 40.2 H x 40.2 W cm. Magnolia leaves, cotton yarn.
Susanna in her studio, photo by Rebekah Taylor.
#crochet #leaves #sculpture #Susanna Bauer
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