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Artist Catherine Sugg explains elk metaphor and hand-stitched technique in textile painting
Summary
Artist and MFA candidate Catherine Sugg described the symbolism and handcraft techniques behind her mixed-media painting "It's a ***** Being a Cow," explaining her use of elk imagery, repurposed domestic fabrics and embroidered text.
Catherine Sugg, an artist and MFA candidate at the University of Montana, described the symbolism and techniques behind her painting "It's a ***** Being a Cow" during an artist presentation.
Sugg said she uses the elk as a metaphor to explore gendered roles in a regional context, and that she combines found domestic textiles such as dish towels and pot holders with contemporary fabrics and hand embroidery to build meaning into the surfaces. "I use, the elk as a metaphor," she said.
Sugg told listeners she intended the work to contrast the romanticized…
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