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Artist Statement:
As a child I chased
butterflies, scrambled over
rocks, and read romantic tales
of faraway places. Years
later, I’ve studied
butterflies and rocks, and
traveled to many of the
places—the Amazon rainforest,
craggy cliffs with castle
ruins, remote island
beaches—and I’ve never lost
the wonder of them. Yet
exotic beauty can be found
everywhere.
I use the ancient technique of
feltmaking not to capture what
I’ve seen directly, but to
create something new. The
simplicity of the
technique—combing, layering,
and working dyed unspun wool
in hot water until the fibers
lock—allows me to work
spontaneously, and often
experimentally. The shape of
a piece might come from a
bird’s wing, the color from
crystals under a microscope, a
line from the sinuous edge of
a pond meeting the shore, and
the texture from the bark of a
birch tree. I wish to
celebrate nature, not to
mirror it.
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Artist Exhibitions:
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Arts in Embassies Program,
Yerevan, Armenia
Duke University, Durham, NC,
USA
The Marque Hotel, Winston
Salem, NC, USA
Northern Telecom, Research
Triangle Park, NC, USA
SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA
Vac Hospital, Vac, Hungary
Wachovia Bank, Winston Salem,
NC, USA
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Commissions:
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Sharron Parker Biography:
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Traveling, hiking, reading, movies |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Fiber
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Sienese School - (1200 - 1400)
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| Your Personal Biography |
Sharron Parker received an undergraduate degree from Duke University and a masters degree from UNC-Greensboro, studying education, art, and interior design. She continued her study in textiles with classes at Penland School of Crafts, where she has returned to teach workshops in felting. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US, and through the Art in Embassies program, in Turkmenistan and Armenia. She has been a feltmaker for 28 years.
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