I immediately fell in love with Ann’s Owls. They are a delight and so timely since we are coming into Halloween. Ann’s creations are one-of-a-kind and you will never see another like hers anywhere. Ann works in fiber and paper mache and works with vintage fibers and fabrics and second-hand goods to create wonderful new useable art. Check out Ann Wood’s Blog and learn all the marvelous art she creates, she is an amazing artist.
Artist Statement: I live in Brooklyn New York near beautiful Prospect Park. I make things, paint, and draw for my life and livelihood. I work with mostly found and salvaged materials, many of them vintage or antique garments. There is a kind of affection and tenderness in the re-use and re-purposing of things that were once personal and perhaps treasured possessions. Much of my inspiration comes from these materials as well as from many of the ideas I have been infatuated with my whole life: smallness, intricacies, miniaturization, collections, repetition; lost or abandoned things discovered and rescued; the idea of haunted and enchanted places, things and creatures;
