WELCOME ABOARD:
///---> I am an artist who creates soft sculptures, internet wonderlands, and tells tall tales. Welcome to my world. <---\\\
This website is a labyrinth, in no certain order and living (!!). It is best viewed on a desktop. Keep coming back.
ARTIST STATEMENT ON MY FIBER ART PRACTICE:
Taught to sew before I could write, my work opens a
discourse on material knowledge, while probing the
difference between rags and riches. Using an industrial
sewing machine, I transform found materials, such as worn
out mattresses and scraps of commercial faux fur into jumbo-sized soft sculptures that pop off the wall. Fur, often a
symbol of opulence and status is recontextualized into
buoyant spirit-objects reflecting an aesthetic fervor for Las
Vegas’ grit & glamour and moth wing patterns 🦋 while
showcasing a remarkably underrated womancraft: stitch-work. Eternally fascinated, my work has themes of play,
myth-making, and pageantry; it has been said to conjure
magic when touched. P.S. Oh, I also adore the internet........*:･ﾟ✧ *:･ﾟ
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FOUND MATERIALS: FAUX FUR, PLANT HOLDER, MATTRESS, VINYL.
Found Materials: Remnants of Faux Fur, Old Mattress, Dead Woman’s Vinyl.
A miniature version of Pinkie, The Furluffalo. She lives in @SugarHighTide’s Tattoo Studio now.
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I was inspired to make this coat by the Victorian Era Quilt Block known as the “CRAZY QUILT”
Click image for further details of my process and unique diy style of pattern making. 2023.
SAY HI, LET’S COLLABORATE: CATIEBURRILL@GMAIL.COM
ALL SALVAGED MATERIALS: FAUX FUR, BEDSHEET, VINYL.
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I love my industrial sewing machine!
I make handheld dolls inspired by folk magic. Would you like one?
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Being brushed by viewer at The Other Art Fair, 2024.
“Please join me as I regale yee all with a tale from the roads of yesteryear, of a simpler time, about a young lass hightailing it on a greyhound bus somewhere out in the desert.”
FOUND MATERIALS: FAUX FUR, MATTRESS, VINYL.
ARTIST’S INFLUENCES:
I am influenced by my experiences traveling with a traditional three-ring circus, working in a Chicago costume shop, and apprenticing for the politically-radical puppet theater, Bread and Puppet in Vermont, USA. I am enamoured by the glittery costumes, public spectacles and lure of running away that can be found in these spaces. Ever curious, my work has themes of camp, world building, show business, wild horses, American gas station culture, and my personal mythology collected from a decade+ of wayfaring.
Always looking ahead, I dream of having a miniature horse ranch one day, preferably off the side of a forgotten dusty road.
tangerine fighter poppet #1, 2024.
I make handheld dolls inspired by folk magic. Would you like one?
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A preliminary sketch for the pattern of the fur coat I made for Gracie Hagen. I used a traditional Victorian era technique known as “crazy quilting” to develop my pagtt, 2023.
FLYIN HIGH BANNER.
Materials: Fabric, Fringe, Thread, Sequins, Velvet, 2019.
Materials: Fabric, Fringe, Thread, Sequins, Velvet, 2019.
All Salvaged Materials: Faux Fur, Foam and Vinyl.
Materials: Fabric, Polyfill, Paper Mache, Magnifying Sheet.
All Salvaged Materials: Faux Fur, Foam and Vinyl.
Rollin’ Dirty Banner. Materials: Velvet, Fringe, Thread, Sequins, Rope, 2019. Click here to learn more about circus past.
SAY
Email:CATIEBURRILL@GMAIL.COM
Instagram:
@YESCATIEBURRILL
Let’s send long winded emails and enjoy the computer together.
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ALL SALVAGED MATERIALS: FAUX FUR, PLANT HOLDER, MATTRESS, VINYL.
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