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Sarah Swett writes, paints, laughs, weaves tapestries and drinks tea with friends (both real and imaginary) in Moscow, Idaho. Her work travels across the country and around the world; she stays at home and eats cinnamon toast. Sarah is also the author of Kids Weaving, available at the bookstore near you.
Frankly there is no point in making anything unless one is thoroughly attracted to a subject and its form. There are too many ideas and too little time for anything else. What I love are the undulating hills where I live -- endless, sensual and covered with wheat, lentils and sometimes snow, they look like multicolor nudes snoozing over the earth; also myth, water, and poetry. These then, are my subjects -- family, friends, books, beer and pieces of cloth; myself, light, shadow and places where we can skinny dip. In tapestry, the image is the fabric -- without the former, the latter is merely a pile of yarn. The artist, then, creates order; she tells stories, builds images and captures moments in time in cloth even as they unfold. Tapestry infiltrates my dreams, builds my biceps, thrills me to the bone and drives me to tears. When I was seven I turned scraps of yarn into a magic carpet. I am still at it. Visit Sarah's website: www.sarah-swett.com. |
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