Lorraine Glessner Portfolios

These pieces begin with a discarded material, a material that displays evidence of the human hand through use, age or environment. Subsequent materials are then added in rows, supported by the grid and relating to one another through pattern, color, texture or another characteristic that further spins the tale. At the same time, craft traditions are fused with drawing and painting through the use of quilting, stitch, encaustic and line. I think of these sewn pieces and the marks on the building facades that inspired them as maps, leading the way, telling a story and giving us a sense of place.

2010 rows series

2009-2010 down 6th street series

2009-2010 sewn drawings

2008-2010 paint on paint series

selected work 2003-2008

2008 it entered series

2007 Scars Series

2007 Nexus Series

Small works