Susanne C Scott
Sequim
The piece of art was inspired by my daughter-in-law, a Marine Biologist at Kokonut Island, Kaneohe Bay, HI. Periodically she send me tidbits of information and pictures from her studies and the people she meets. The Violet Sea Snail, a very tiny - about half of my baby fingernail - tropical creature that sails in the Pacific Ocean using the bubbles it creates to catch the wind. This beautifully colored snail is sailing in more northerly waters, off the coast of northern California, as northern Pacific waters warm. I took the picture of these empty shells in April, 2017 when I visited this year. Needless to say my sea snails are only in scale if you imagine my small chunk of ocean as very, very large.
Technique: Layers of sheer organza and painted newspaper stitched to heavy weight painted Pellon, cut, shredded with a wire brush and melted, painted Lutradure attached to a canvas frame; stitched. Covered cording, coiled, stitched, painted and formed into a cone with coiled bottom, painted and stitched to the background along with glass "bubbles."
Materials: painted Pellon, Lutradure, silk duppioni, glass, metal, newsprint, synthetic organza, paint