Reception for Opening of "Fibrous Forms" Exhibition

Celebrate the opening of a new exhibition at the Brickbottom Artists Association. The exhibit will be open to the public from March 10 through April 7, Thursday through Saturday, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

From the Brickbottom Artists Association: 

In this exhibit, wood sculptor David Crane and fiber artist Margot Stage (www.margotstage.com) push their individual boundaries while expanding their approaches to usual materials. Borrowing from each other's chosen medium, this husband and wife team are full of surprises.

Crane typically creates wood assemblages from cast-offs of mill work and found objects. For this exhibit, he uses wood in ways that reference fiber -- bending and interlacing thin strips of cypress and walnut to create airy, open forms. Suspended, these forms sway and circulate in the slightest breeze.

Stage departs from usual 2-D work with fabric to create sculpture with fibrous materials. Using the linings from silk neckties, she has strung multiple whites, beiges and tans into a series of hanging sensual shapes. 

Together, Stage and Crane collaborate on Wear the World Like a Loose Garment (above). Yards and yards of crocheted strings are interwoven with thin strips of wood, covering a wall and window in a variegation of circles, curves and loops.

In the spirit of collaboration, Brickbottom residents and other gallery visitors are invited to participate in making an installation around the gallery's central column. This on-going creation will be documented weekly as more and more people add their personal contribution.