THE KEEPERS, Installation from “The Clothes We Wear” exhibition. Figurative custodians composed of impenetrable hardened wax shells, the Keepers series originated as a guilt-ridden approach to justify all of the online shopping that occurred in our household during Covid’s staying in period. How could I transform the plentitudes of plastic packing pillows into something artful?

THE KEEPERS, Installation from “The Clothes We Wear” exhibition. Figurative custodians composed of impenetrable hardened wax shells, the Keepers series originated as a guilt-ridden approach to justify all of the online shopping that occurred in our household during Covid’s staying in period. How could I transform the plentitudes of plastic packing pillows into something artful?

Artist: Sheary Clough Suiter

Title: THE KEEPERS, Installation from “The Clothes We Wear” exhibition. Figurative custodians composed of impenetrable hardened wax shells, the Keepers series originated as a guilt-ridden approach to justify all of the online shopping that occurred in our household during Covid’s staying in period. How could I transform the plentitudes of plastic packing pillows into something artful?

Attribution: THE KEEPERS, 2021, Sheary Clough Suiter

Year: 2021

Materials: Encaustic, Deconstructed Chenille Bedspread, Sewing and Embroidery Threads, Hand and Machine Stitch.

Dimensions: Eleven Keepers linked as a vertical ceiling to floor sculpture, 96 x 14 x 14. Thirty individual Keepers comprise the floor level assemblage. Each keeper averages 8 x 5 x 3.

Image Statement: Figurative custodians composed of impenetrable hardened wax shells, the Keepers series originated as a guilt-ridden approach to justify all of the online shopping that occurred in our household during Covid's staying in period. How could I transform the plentitudes of plastic packing pillows into something artful?