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<div>Could you send this out to the guild? Her work is amazing !</div>
<div>Thanks, Sue</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> <b>Pacific Textile Arts special event</b><br>
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<div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Susan Else will present a program about her fiber work at Pacific Textile Arts Friday evening, Oct. 27, at 7:00 pm. She is teaching a workshop at Mendocino Art Center during the weekend, and will share an overview of her processes as a special event for Pacific Textile Arts. Come to the classroom at 450 Alger St., Ft. Bragg, (turn left at the end of E. Laurel St.) and be inspired by her unique creative work! All are welcome; donations appreciated.</div>
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<div align="left"><span class="aolmail_style7">ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR</span>
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<strong>SUSAN ELSE</strong> uses cloth not as a flat surface but
as a wild flexible skin for three-dimensional objects. Her work has
developed in tandem with the art quilt movement, but she is one of the
few artists making figurative sculpture – often incorporating sound,
light, and movement – from this medium. Susan uses cloth to create an
alternate universe, and the resulting work is full of contradictions: it
is whimsical, edgy, mundane, surreal, and engaging, all at once. Each
piece tells a story, but the narrative is always open to
interpretation. The power and beauty of the patterned cloth surface play
off the form and content of the work, and the result is a dynamic
seesaw of meanings and possibilities.</div>
<div>She started this work in 1999, when she added 3D elements to a
flat art quilt. Susan has shown nationally and internationally since
then, with many solo shows in museums and galleries. Her work is in
public and private collections, and she has completed many commissioned
pieces. Her teaching is now limited to working with individuals and
small groups in a studio setting.</div>
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