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Orange Nautilus Collaboration by Margaret Almon and Suzanne Halstead

Orange Nautilus by Margaret Almon and Suzanne Halstead
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Orange Nautilus by Margaret Almon and Suzanne Halstead from their Marzanne Project.

 

Suzanne Halstead and I were sitting in the Collegeville Diner, as I interviewed her about her art.  Suddenly, Suzanne had the idea to collaborate with her pastels and my mosaic frames, and we christened it the Marzanne Project.  She came over to my studio with some artwork and we had fun playing with potential tesserae for frames inspired by the art, and chose some colors for mosaics that I would create to inspire her art.  Orange, of course, was one of the colors, because Suzanne is part of the sisterhood of orange!  I love how how her Orange Nautilus unwinds itself into the frame.

What we didn’t expect was that Suzanne would move to Ohio and Nutmeg Designs would be overflowing with commissions.  The commissions started a year ago as well, with Suzanne and her husband Gary’s Fruits of the Spirit project,* and have been rolling ever since!   So between the growth of Nutmeg Designs and the distance of Suzanne, we’re not sure where Marzanne will lead, but I treasure the work we have already collaborated on.

 

*Have no fear!  The Fruits of the Spirit mosaics went with Suzanne and Gary to Ohio, although they were sad to leave the labyrinth behind.

Interview with Suzanne Halstead Part 1:  Seining the Soul to Bring Vision into Being

Interview with Suzanne Halstead Part 2:  Release from Realism

Drawing Nearer: More Art by Suzanne Halstead

 

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