Artwork copyright Kathy Gore-Fuss. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Piece Work, 1997

Kathy Gore-Fuss
(American, born 1955)

Location: Robert Frost Elementary, Pasco

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Piece Work is part of a series of sculptures by artist Kathy Gore-Fuss that combine human hands with objects and natural elements. Dried flower petals and relief prints made using antique lace and bird feathers embellish plaster forms. This piece uses Rose and Delphinium petals on the hands and bird. The bird’s wings are sculpted from wire and silk tissue. The artist notes, “The silk tissue prints have been cut and carefully stretched over the wire section and adhered with acrylic gel medium, which when dried gently with a blow dryer, shrinks the tissue slightly making it taut. The translucent quality of the silk tissue adds to the delicate feeling of the wings.”

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Pasco School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Olympia, Washington-based artist Kathy Gore-Fuss works outdoors ("en plein air"), painting amid the trees and on the shorelines of the Pacific Northwest. Her artworks, including sculptural constructions, observe and explore natural forms.

Gore-Fuss received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drawing from the University of Washington in Seattle. She has also been active as an artist-in-residence and teacher at Washington K-12 schools and colleges.