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From Museum of Outdoor Arts

  1. I Know You Are But What Am I by Joel Swanson, Image 1.

    Joel Swanson

    I Know You Are But What Am I, 2014

    neon and metal

    36 x 36 x 3 in

  2. Sign of the Times by Patricia Aaron, Image 1.

    Patricia Aaron

    Sign of the Times, 2013

    Encaustic and ink

    36 x 36 in

  3. Fractal Reactor by Todd Siler, Image 1.

    Todd Siler

    Fractal Reactor, 2005

    mixed media

    10 x 10 x 8 in

  4. Rodger by Craig Marshall Smith, Image 1.

    Craig Marshall Smith

    Rodger, 2001

    mixed media on wood

    90 x 90 in

  5. Portable Sculpture by Denise Milan, Ary Perez, Image 1.

    Ary Perez, Denise Milan

    Portable Sculpture

    mixed media

    13 x 13 x 4 in

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About the artist

Claudy Jongstra

Dutch

b. 1963

Claudy Jongstra (b. 1963, the Netherlands) is a textile artist whose holistic practice is intertwined with the natural cycle of her native landscape. A graduate of Utrecht College of Art, Jongstra has worked to master the ancient craft of making wool felt, humankind’s earliest textile, since 1994. She is equally regarded for her large-scale artworks and architectural installations as for her deep-seated commitment to the environment. Carefully considering the evolution of color and material from source to site, Jongstra is immersed in all aspects of her work: maintaining a flock of rare, indigenous Drenthe Heath sheep and growing botanical dyestuffs on a small-scale biodynamic farm in the northern Netherlands.

Claudy Jongstra is included in the permanent collections of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art; the RISD Museum; the Stedelijk Museum; and the Victoria & Albert Museum, among others. Collaborators include Rem Koolhaas; Steven Holl; Tod Williams & Billie Tsien; Snøhetta; Gensler; Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; Donna Karan; Christian Lacroix; and John Galliano.

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