Laura
Carpender’s philosophy is that art should be a part of everyday life. "We
should each use our creativity to find joy, beauty and happiness each minute of
our lives." Carpender will be
featured at Sutter Creek Gallery during the month of November, exhibiting her
fiber and gourd art.
Carpender
began her creative career sewing doll clothes. Her teachers included her two
grandmothers. One taught the rules for sewing and following patterns; the other
taught her how to break those rules so she could make her own designs. She eventually took up quilting, earning
awards for innovation at many quilt shows.
From there, she branched out into crochet and knitting. The next leap
was to spinning her own yarns and weaving her own fabric.
After a
30-year career as a social worker/counselor, Carpender retired and began
looking for other ways to express her visions of color and form. A friend
offered her a dried gourd with the suggestion that she try her hand at making
art with it. She began to produce unique gourd art often combining her love of
fiber with her new love for gourds. "The contrast between the toughness of
the gourds and the soft touch of the fiber never ceases to amaze and inspire me.” Whether spinning yarn, painting gourds,
weaving fabric or sewing quilts, Carpender is happiest when creating
one-of-a-kind art.
Sutter
Creek Gallery invites you to meet Laura Carpender at the November 5 reception
in her honor and view the imaginative artworks in her various media. The reception, from 3 to 6 p.m., is part of
the region’s First Saturday Art Trek.
She is one of the local artists exhibiting at the cooperative located in
the heart of Sutter Creek at 35 Main Street.
The gallery is open Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For additional information, call 209-267-0228,
email suttercreekgallery@gmail.com,
or visit www.suttercreekgallery.com.
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