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| Travel Documents 1-Moments On The Grid. ArtQuilt 30" x 30" |
I am a fiber artist, formally trained, with both BFA and MFA degrees. I construct textile compositions that are unpretentious stories. Typically small-scale, they are easy-to-live-with pieces, often quirky, and very enjoyable. This work is defined by a passion for collecting cast-offs: delicate handkerchiefs and monogrammed linens; handwritten notes and letters from another era; and odd photos. I identify with the history each item carries and am obsessed with assembling found parts into a new whole, inventing a new message for the appropriated materials.
My work is meticulously conceived and honors fine craftsmanship.
Most pieces are small-scale, single unit/single element compositions, formally framed. Other work is in traditional quilt form – both art quilt and functional.
My work has been exhibited in hundreds of group and solo shows, recently: the ARC Gallery, Chicago IL; Fuller Museum of Craft, Brockton MA; Carnegie Center, New Albany IN; Turchin Center, Boone NC; Prescott College/Sam Hill Gallery, AZ; Craft Alliance Gallery, St Louis MO; Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga LATVIA; and soon, Selden Gallery, Norfolk VA.
My work is sold through exhibitions and now by direct contact through my blog.
Artist's statement: The textile art that I create is emotionally linked to everyday humble craft- forms and the tactile, sentimental memories they can embody. I transform the mundane parts of an ordinary life into compositions that evoke intrinsic beauty and a viewer’s curiosity - objects that become new and extraordinary decorative elements.
Location: USA. Split residences-Massachusetts and Alabama
Blog: mardurpur
Memberships:
Surface Design Association, MA/RI.
Weavers Guild of Boston, WGB.
Handweavers Guild of America, HGA.
Weavers Guild of Boston, WGB.
Handweavers Guild of America, HGA.
Languages spoken: English
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| Notes From You Series - Judge Me. detail Framed size 18" x 18" by Marjorie Durko Puryear Art |
Tags: collage, lace, Victorian, letters, memories, writing, small, feminine
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“Drive a nail home and clinch it so faithfully that you can wake up in the night and think of your work with satisfaction,- a work at which you would not be ashamed to invoke the Muse”
-Henry David Thoreau
In our case, it would be the needle or other fiber tool. Drive it home! And, we all thank you for your words, left here to these good folks. Invoke your Muse!