Medium Sized In Box Series

 

(Above:  In Box CCCLXXXII.  Framed: 22" x 18". $325 plus tax and shipping.  Click on any image to enlarge.)

I love making these colorful pieces!  Each one is an abstraction of an imaginary city seen from an aerial perspective.  This concept reflects my admiration for Friedenreich Hundrethwasser's amazing Vienese condominiums.  My fiber cities are unique because every dwelling/box is decorated to reflect the unique, creative individuals who reside there.

 

(Above:  In Box CCCLXXXIII.  Framed: 22" x 18". $325 plus tax and shipping.  Click on any image to enlarge.)

 

Each medium "In Box" piece is $325 plus tax and shipping.  I accept all major credit cards.  To order or ask additional questions, please email me at either mouse_house@prodigy.net or susan@susanlenz.com.  My husband Steve and I can also be reached on the Mouse House business telephone, (803) 254-0842. Steve's is (803) 360-3035. Mine is (803) 606-9804.  All three numbers can accept a FaceTime call too. These prices are exactly the same as galleries carrying my work.

 

(Above:  In Box CCCLXXXIV.  Framed: 22" x 18". $325 plus tax and shipping.  Click on any image to enlarge.) 

Each piece is layers of polyester stretch velvet fused to recycled, black industrial felt.  Strips of sheer chiffon shift and add colors. Then, each piece is free-motion machine stitched with 100% black cotton thread.  Next, holes are melted through the layers using two sizes of soldering irons.  Finally, the work is subjected to the intense heat of a heat gun which melts away the felt that is between the polyester velvet shapes.  Because the thread is COTTON ... a natural that doesn't melt ... the shapes are held together.  Everyone asks about the "fringe".  What is it?  Just excess melted felt stuck in a line of stitching!  Each framed work is just $325 plus South Carolina sales tax and shipping.  I charge exactly what FedEx Ground charges me plus about $5 for the box ... basically, I round up to the nearest sensible amount which is close to $4 to $5.

(Above:  In Box CLX. This piece is sold but the photo is a good way to see the dimensional quality and textural surface of my work.  Click on image to enlarge.)