{"id":4313,"date":"2016-09-14T11:20:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=4313"},"modified":"2016-09-14T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:20:08","slug":"meet-road-2017-teacher-susan-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/14\/meet-road-2017-teacher-susan-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Road 2017 Teacher Susan Else"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tSusan will be teaching two, two day classes: \u00a04502C \u00a0“People, People, People!” <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on Thursday and Friday\"4502c\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nand 6702C \u00a0Beasts in the Jungle\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>on Saturday and Sunday.\"6702c2\"<\/a>\nA native of Northern California, Susan Else is known for her use of 3-D elements<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0She is nationally and internationally known, and teaches at art centers, museums, conferences, and fiber guilds across the U.S. Her work is in public and private collections, and she has completed many commissioned pieces. In addition, Susan serves\u00a0on the board of the Studio Art Quilt Associates, so between that, teaching, and working in her studio, she is one busy lady!!\"else-6-1\"<\/a>\nSusan has always an interest in textiles; she started out as a weaver and spinner.\u00a0She grew up in a family of artists and learned a great deal from watching their process, even though she never expected to become an artist herself. Her mother was a sculptor and she also taught Susan to sew.\nSusan learned how to quilt by taking an adult ed quilting class so that she could make a baby quilt for her first child. She didn’t actually finish that project until her daughter was seven years old. Since then, she’s has learned bits and pieces from every class \u00a0she’s taken,although what she does now, she has developed on her own.\nSusan began her journey into 3-D in 1998 when she attached 3D elements to flat wall quilts, and it took off from there. One source for her inspiration was Michael McNamara’s bird figures and she patterned some figures of her own. Susan shares, “My brain seems to generate these wry commentaries on contemporary life. My work is often based on my own experience in some way.”\"else-ponies_dream_email\"<\/a>\nWhat are Susan’s favorite quilting tools that she uses with her technique? “My stuffing fork, my spring-loaded scissors, and the extremely thin curved needles I use for all my hand-work. Over the years, all of these have helped to keep the arthritis in my hand stable, and I’m still able to sew.”\nSusan has traveled as far away as Finland with her fabric art experiences. She is looking forward to teaching at Road 2017 because \u00a0she\u00a0loves \u00a0when her students get excited about what they can do with the techniques she teaches them. “It opens up a whole new way of looking at fabric,” says Susan. She hopes her students will “play” \u00a0and get more tools of what they can do with fabric and thread.\"else_s_1\"<\/a>\nTo learn more about Susan Else, please visit her website<\/a>.\n \n ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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