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~~Special Thanks to Clay Artist Susan Ryles~~
Clay artist Susan Ryles will be making over-sized clay buttons to attach the panels of the World Cloths. Since the name of the first World Cloth is Hope Materializing, Susan will be etching the word hope, in many languages, onto the buttons. Susan writes, “I am honored to be a part of the Thread Project: One World, One Cloth. I hope my contributions in clay will enhance the theme of unity through diversity to the viewers of these cloths.” Susan acknowledges, “There is something very primal and grounding about working in clay. I love creating out of the earth itself. The final product is never perfect and I see this as a metaphor for how we can develop character and become beautiful, despite our imperfections.”
While I work with many techniques, I am drawn to the structural challenge of building with slabs. I like juxtaposing the logic of slab building with the more spiritual or whimsical free-flowing, creative side. Currently, I am creating a series of personal "sacred spaces" or altars to encourage people to listen to the still small voice within.
I have worked in clay for seven years at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Spruill Center for the Arts and MudFire Studio and Gallery in Atlanta, GA. I have also attended workshop intensives at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC, Arrowmont School for Arts & Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN and Haystack Mountain School of Arts & Crafts in Deer Isle, ME. My work has been displayed and sold at the MudFire Gallery and is part of many private collections as well as part of the permanent collection at TeaSpace in Atlanta, GA. My work has also been part of a feature film.
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