Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Artisan Spotlight: Susan Zoccola

We've had the pleasure of working with Seattle artist Susan Zoccola on previous projects, and are excited to be working with her again. Susan works in a wide variety of scales, from tile design to colossal public art installations. In this residential remodel project, Susan has been commissioned to create an art wall (center of image above, in progress) to separate the stairs to the upper level. In front of the art wall will be a sunken pit filled with lead birdshot, and a sculpture by the owner's sister. Susan is creating a subtly nuanced texture on this feature element - let's have a closer look:
The texture is achieved by plastering small pieces of gauze to the wall, and then dripping wax as a final layer. Here we see Susan (top) working with her assistant Julia on the stair side of the same wall:
Stay tuned for more info on Susan and other artisans that we collaborate with!

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