Anna Showers-Cruser

The Hardest Thing To Tell A Sad Boi (2017) wood, fabric, clay, sodium silicate, wire, synthetic thread, petroleum jelly, pigment 40 x 28 x 14 in. I invite the viewer to spend time in a space where DIY craft processes and surfaces celebrate difference and create space for the in-between. Commonly stemming from an initial investigation in ink drawing, each of my works have a foot in multiple making traditions. Painted textiles come off the wall and mutate from the familiarity of the 2D space to the sculptural, drawing on both the pictorial and the haptic. The work reframes and…