Danny Mansmith

"My Shrine for Me" by Danny Mansmith

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SCRAPdannymansmith

Hello.

I'm an artist who, for the most part, is self taught.  Making art and working with my hands fuels me to be in this world.

So much of today's society doesn't appeal to me so I have turned to creating my own world in my art.

I really wish to share my art with others and try to inspire others to express themselves to follow their own paths.

Artist's statement:  Working with my hands has saved my life.

Instead of being the fastest or the smartest I found my strength, sanctuary and cushion from the world in making art.

My grandma gave me my first art lessons when I was very young. She sewed my clothes growing up and this influenced me to later teach myself how to use the sewing machine - allowing imperfections, emotions, and child like energies to fuel and inspire me to create.

Danny Mansmith's studio.

I want to push myself to make art with the things around me, to be resourceful and to follow my heart’s inspiration.

Making something wearable, drawing with sharpies or the sewing machine, sculpting, to creating installations that incorporate all of these elements has become my spirituality - my survival.

Location:  Chicago, Illinois, USA

Online shop:  SCRAPdannymansmith
Social media:  
   LinkedIn
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Languages spoken:  English 

"Fabric Leaf Cut Out Necklace" by Danny Mansmith

Tags:   unique, individual, authentic, inventive, spiritual, installation art, sewing machine, self taught, resourceful, evolving, outsider art

Connie Leonard Volkman

Connie on My Art Space

Initially, I was inspired as a child by my parents to create with found objects, leftover fabric, and art media discovered in the basement.  I now use that same inspiration to create fiber sculpture and textiles out of unusual materials and unusable garments.  I have taught art education in secondary schools and the university level for many years but I am continually amazed by the magic of surface design, dyes, textile paint, manipulation by heat, and texture in fiber art.

My fiber art doesn't keep me warm but it does warm my heart and soul.

• Pastel Painting and Fiber Art instructor 
• Liturgical Artist and Garden Design instructor 
• Retired Secondary Art teacher 
• Former Community College and Wichita State University Instructor 
• Author - Creative Thinking and Problem Solving in the Art Classroom 
• Studio Artist

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Location: Wichita, Kansas, USA

Online Store: Etsy

Memberships: Kansas Surface Design, Imagio Dei Liturgical Art, The Fiber Focus Group, FiberArt/Mixed Media

Languages spoken: English

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Tags: Mixed Media, Textile, Dye, Textile Paint, Mono printing, Paper, Fiber, Design, Discharge

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