Photograph of Artist SHARRON PARKER
SHARRON PARKER
Durham, North CarolinaNC - United States



Original Artworks (10)

Sharron Parker; Capturing The Light Ii, 2008, Original Fiber, 86 x 45 inches. Artwork description: 241 A handmade felt wall piece with references to colors in ancient Roman glass  cleanable by vacuuming through mesh  provided . ...
Sharron Parker
Original Fiber, 2008
86 x 45 inches (218.4 x 114.3 cm)
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Sharron Parker; Tunic II, 2009, Original Fiber, 25 x 31 inches. Artwork description: 241 This handmade felt wall piece is based on the colors of antique Roman glass and the shapes of Roman and Greek tunics. ...
Sharron Parker
Original Fiber, 2009
25 x 31 inches (63.5 x 78.7 cm)
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Sharron Parker; Tunic, 2009, Original Fiber, 24 x 37 inches. Artwork description: 241 This handmade felt wall piece combines the colors of ancient Roman glass with the shape of Roman and Greek tunics  it is cleanable by vacuuming through mesh held against the surface  provided . ...
Sharron Parker
Original Fiber, 2009
24 x 37 inches (61.0 x 94.0 cm)
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Sharron Parker; Sanctuary, 2012, Original Fiber, 21 x 21 inches. Artwork description: 241 A handmade felt wall piece inspired by abbey ruins  it is cleanable by vacuuming through mesh held against the surface. ...
Sharron Parker
Original Fiber, 2012
21 x 21 inches (53.3 x 53.3 cm)
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Sharron Parker; Perfect Storm, 2010, Original Fiber, 51 x 40 inches. Artwork description: 241 A handmade felt wall piece made of dyed, unspun wool and silk, with additional yarns. ...
Sharron Parker
Original Fiber, 2010
51 x 40 inches (129.5 x 101.6 cm)
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Sharron Parker; Deluge, 2009, Original Fiber, 35 x 32 inches. Artwork description: 241 Handmade felt wall piece created after a thunderstorm caused the river to rise at a Vermont mill site. ...
Sharron Parker
Original Fiber, 2009
35 x 32 inches (88.9 x 81.3 cm)
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Sharron Parker; Phoenix, 2003, Original Fiber, 40 x 28 inches. Artwork description: 241  A wall hanging made of handmade felt. ...
Sharron Parker
Original Fiber, 2003
40 x 28 inches (101.6 x 71.1 cm)
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Sharron Parker; Earth Forces, 2003, Original Fiber, 76 x 39 inches. Artwork description: 241  A wall hanging of handmade felt. ...
Sharron Parker
Original Fiber, 2003
76 x 39 inches (193.0 x 99.1 cm)
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Sharron Parker; Crosscurrents, 2004, Original Fiber, 26 x 44 inches. Artwork description: 241  Handmade felt wall piece ...
Sharron Parker
Original Fiber, 2004
26 x 44 inches (66.0 x 111.8 cm)
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Sharron Parker; Birth Of Light, 2004, Original Fiber, 44 x 30 inches. Artwork description: 241 A wall hanging of handmade felt...
Sharron Parker
Original Fiber, 2004
44 x 30 inches (111.8 x 76.2 cm)
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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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