Window Box Gallery: BANKSIA SERRATA by Sarah Dawn Richardson
I am a textile and bio-artist. I don’t like the ordinary. I have a flair for the absurd, the gaudy, the surreal. I use fabrics, beads, needlework, and the use of biological beings to create visualizations of a world outside of this one. I believe art shouldn’t be confined to a visual experience. While my work is visually stimulating, my work is also experienced through tactile stimulation. My work explores the traditional ideas of craft, women’s work, the hierarchy of biological beings, and the boundaries of fine arts in today’s artistic establishment. BANKSIA SERRATA was inspired by an Australian plant of the same name, as well as fungi and molecular structures.
ARTIST BIO Sarah Dawn Richardson is a 25 year old textile and bio artist. She was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and recently finished a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts and Art History from the University of Windsor. Richardson uses bold fabrics, beads, needlework, and living biological beings to create otherworldly sculptures.
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