susan avishai

62” x 16” x 16” Deconstructed shirts, embroidery hoop (2015)

70”x 28”x4”

SAQA Global exhibition Sustainability

30 feet x 15” deconstructed men’s shirts, quilted (2014-15)

12”x8”x8” shirt fabric, cardboard rings (sold)

Kaddish was created during a residency at the Mark Rothko Art Museum in Daugavpils, Latvia, October 2016. It is now part of the permanent collection. Linen, tzitzit, stones. 60”x40”

36”x25”x3”

Fiberart International Exhibition, Pittsburgh PA

made from deconstructed white men’s dress shirts, stiffened with medium (2016) size varies with installation

This piece was part of the Twelve Trees Christmas Event at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto / 2016-7 / deconstructed men’s dress shirt backs, handcut / 9’ x 4’ x 4’

6’x5’

shirt fabric, cardboard tube rings, brass wire, bamboo pole

26”x26”x4” stiffened men’s dress shirt cuffs

48” x 66”

Rope, deconstructed clothing, quilted/ 2012-13

27”x24”x4” stiffened men’s dress shirt cuffs (SOLD)

60” x 48” deconstructed men’s dress shirts, buttons on gallery wrap canvas

28”x24”x3” deconstructed men’s shirt, glass beads, wire (sold)

22”x23”x1” deconstructed men’s shirt, wire

Winner of Curry’s purchase prize, Drawing Show, Toronto

7.5’x7.5’ deconstructed men’s dress shirts, buttons

3 year tour with “Colour with a U” SAQA exhibition

24”x7”x5” deconstructed men’s shirt collars

65”x20”x20” felted lambswool (husband’s overcoat), silk, thread, wire, found lampshade.

48”x62”x4” stiffened men’s shirt collars, buttons, wire

24”x24”

Varied fabrics from my mother’s clothing, popcorn filling, mounted on canvas.

The first piece of textile art I attempted.

indigo dyed cotton scraps in Japanese “Boro” or patching technique

Sold

32”x30” deconstructed men’s shirt collars and seams

(sold)

Made from cast off interior designer samples, a bit of found rope, and an old button.

Exhibited at E is for Earth, Toronto Design Offsite Festival

(sold)

24” x 36” (SOLD)