Marcy Sperry

My current work consists of complex clusters of fragments made from craft materials such as fabric and beads. These materials take on forms inspired by patterns and textures found in the natural world. They resemble imaginary topographies — I think of them as “mini utopias.” Rendering these complicated groupings of fragments with the slow, methodical traditional mediums of sewing and beading is a critique and a meditation on the contemporary need for immediacy, fast results, and easy answers.