Sue Benner
Sue is a full time studio artist creating art quilts and other dyed and painted fabric constructions since 1980. She was born in 1955 in Iron River in the upper peninsula of Michigan and was raised in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. While attending the University of Wisconsin Madison and majoring in molecular biology, she took two electives that would change the direction of her life: fabric design and art history. Many more art and science classes followed that led to an MA in biomedical illustration from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Since then, she has sold her work through galleries and dealers throughout the United States. Her work is shown internationally and is in many corporate, private and institutional collections. She has designed installations for architectural spaces in fabric and other media. Her art quilts have appeared in numerous juried shows such as Quilt National, Visions, and Quilt Nihon. Sue is known for her quilts of brilliant dyed and painted textiles, her bold expressionistic style and underlying sense of structure.
Workshop: CONSTRUCTION/ABSTRACTION
LEVEL: all levels
SEWING MACHINE USED? Optional (only needed if you want to quilt and bind)
Experiment with the fusion of construction and abstraction with process and technique in the creating of art quilts. Beginning with Sue’s fusible collage methods developed in her series Walking Through Time, she presents a progression of exercises that builds design and technique skills. Each participant can then take this information in their own direction. This is a great workshop for developing new ideas in composition, color, abstraction, and sensitivity to proportion.(Workshop includes PowerPoint presentations, demonstrations and handout.)
Supply List for Sue’s Workshop
(Supply lists are provided by the instructor and you are encouraged to direct any questions regarding required equipment and supplies to the instructor.)