Artist: Sheary Clough Suiter
Title: Mending Mother Earth – Detail
Attribution: Mending Mother Earth, 2022 - 2023, Sheary Clough Suiter
Year: 2022 – 2023
Materials: 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.
Dimensions: 25 x 25 x 1 inches
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