Sue Reno

Mink and Sycamore

As a girl in a very rural part of Pennsylvania I spent countless hours roaming the woods and fields noticing the details of the abundant life around me. I remain interested in the small mammals I can catch glimpses of, and am saddened but also intrigued by their eventual demise and their skeletal remains. This quilt uses photos I took of a mink skull printed as cyanotypes, combined with sycamore leaf prints from the area I once observed one in. 

Materials: artist painted and commercial cotton and silk fabrics, wool yarn

Techniques: cyanotype prints from original macro photos, leaf monoprints, patchwork, couching, stitching

Size:46”h x 59”w

For Sale: $6,600