Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Artist Mandy Greer molds the fiber of life

For "Solstenen," a project Greer will take to Iceland next year, stones were incorporated into crochet work, merging in shades of gray. Like a glacier, she said, the work will carry rocks across a continent. "I've always liked glaciers," Greer says, seeing a parallel between the glacier's speed and the deliberate pace of her own handcrafted work.