Susanna Bauer transforms dried leaves into small sculptures and works of fiber art. Using a combination of crochet and stitching techniques, she pierces each brittle blade to embellish or reconfigure the leaf structure. The results are exquisite and showcase Susanna’s incredible craftsmanship.
“There is a fine balance in my work between fragility and strength,” Susanna explains. “Literally, when it comes to pulling a fine thread through a brittle leaf or thin dry piece of wood, but also in a wider context — the tenderness and tension in human connections, the transient yet enduring beauty of nature that can be found in the smallest detail, vulnerability and resilience that could be transferred to nature as a whole or the stories of individual beings.”
Susanna’s leaf art is now on view at the Muriel Guepin Gallery in NYC.
