Susan
Gallacher-Turner
Portland,
Oregon, USA
www.susangt.com
susangt50@gmail.com
Phoenix
I’ve crocheted for years but only
recently combined my masks with crochet. I started out sculpting a tropical
bird mask, but burned out on it. The Freeform Challenge inspired this bird’s
rise and rebirth as a Phoenix.
My life and artwork have gone through
difficult changes over the last few years. Just as the Phoenix is consumed by
fire and rises from its own ashes to live again, my art and life have gone
through the cycle of creation, growth, burn-out and back to creative rebirth
once again. As I worked on the Freeform Challenge, repainting and sculpting the
mask, I felt energized. I looked around my studio and saw every surface covered
with new work in progress.
To me, this beautiful, amazing mythical
bird symbolizes living a life with passion and even when it feels as if that
passion has burned out, it can be found again.
Window screening, acrylic paint, cotton, wool,
rayon, acrylic yarns, wire and beads. Feathers are freeform crocheted spirals
yarn, wire and beads.
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