“Island of Babies in deep blue Sea” by Susanne Nielsen at DFAC

              ELEMENTAL:  Summer JURIED QUILT EXHIBITION AT DFAC    

                 An exhibtion addressing the four elements of nature—Water, Air, Earth, Fire,
                    Dunedin Fine Art Center, 1143 MICHIGAN BLVD, DUNEDIN, FL 34698

                                              

“Island of Babies in deep blue Sea” (homage to Harper Lee/To Kill A Mockingbird) 
by Susanne Nielsen (Cotton fabric hand applique, hand and machine quilted, 34” x 34”              x 34”)

Artist statement:  The theme of my soft sculpture’s story is the element of Water. This life-giving element is our first home, we are born into it, and released into the world.  Inspiration for this birth myth is author Harper Lee’s story, protagonists Dill and Scout’s question about the origin of babies. A man in a boat goes to an Island to breathe life into sleeping babies (To Kill a Mockingbird). Parts of the text have been stitched into the pregnant form, the island was hand-painted and quilted into layers of waves.  Susannen2@verizon.net;   www.susannenielsenarts.blogspot.com                                                                     

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