Meet Suzanne!
She's a very creative and talented local fiber artist and you can see her latest display of
urban knitted trees titled, "Artificial
Light" in Redmond's Anderson Park.
While driving past the park last week I saw this fabulous splash of color! I wondered about the work involved to create
this kind of art? Not only the knitting,
but how one goes about getting these on the trees? I was
sure they needed to be hand stitched to each tree… and this is how I met Suzanne.
I was there to take photographs of this unique display of
color when I saw Suzanne up on a ladder hand stitching one to a tree and
introduced myself. She was so kind to stop and answer a few of my
questions. I was curious about how she
makes these and what gave her the idea for such a creative undertaking and
installation that surely appears to be quite labor intensive? Suzanne says it takes her about 12-hours to
complete one piece and even though she uses a knitting machine, "it's
quite an aerobic workout!"
They were previously on display in Occidental Park in
Seattle. One of her goals is to draw
people into our local parks by making them inviting with the fabulous splash of
color and a welcoming atmosphere to spend time with family, friends and maybe even
meet new people. Well, it certainly
worked for me!
It was a pleasure to meet Suzanne, she is warm and friendly and
I thank her for taking the time to talk with me. The Artificial Light display will be in
Anderson Park in Redmond until June 2012, go check it out!
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