Heaven and Earth 1: 2009 Heaven and Earth 2: 2010 Heaven and Earth 3: 2011 Heaven and Earth 4: 2012 Printable Maps (pdf format): letter size: 8 1/2" x 11" tabloid size: 11" x 17" original size: 17.5" x 14" Participating Artists: Seattle: Julie Lindell Joe Reno Miguel Edwards Viewlands Group Peppé Brenda Scallon Alan Fulle Suze Woolf Cameron Mason & Lara McIntosh Josho Somine Rebecca Maxim Garry Golightly The Unearth Collective Bellevue and Sammamish: Fox Anthony Spears Suzanne Tidwell California: Judy Shintani Oregon: Lee Imonen Vancouver BC: Tiki Mulvihill Sponsored by: Center on Contemporary Art Carkeek Park Advisory Council Seattle Parks and Recreation Associated Recreational Council Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs 4Culture Site Specific Supported by: QFC: Quality Food Centers University Bookstore Pacific Industrial Supply Pacific Topsoils, Inc. Green Bean Coffee House The Revere Group Jonathon Cluts contact David Francis or Ray Freeman to help support this year's show and artists.		Site 1: Suzanne Tidwell Sammamish, Washington From Rust to Dust 2012 “From Rust to Dust” is an installation based on a series of rings, precariously balanced, spiraling up toward the sky. The welded rings are wrapped in pristine knitted wool and sewn around untreated metal. The knitting acts as adornment while the metal rings provide structure. Over time the pristine whiteness will give way to brown rust staining the fibers. Moss is encouraged to grow in the cracks and joints between the rings. Statement: When I see a length of material or a ball of yarn, I instantly know what it should be. For me, art is the realization of the many ideas I see in my head. These ideas evolve from images that come to me as bright flashes of thought - occasionally as a full picture, sometimes just a series of elements - often just a blur. I mentally manipulate these mental pictures over and over in my mind, rearranging, re-ordering, adding and subtracting elements until my idea is clear enough to become something real outside of my head. The easiest way for me to work through an idea is simply to begin. I find the material of my choosing and get to work, enjoying what happens as I go along. The process can take months to complete an individual piece. The more repetitive, detailed, or intricate the pattern I invent, the more alluring the project becomes to me. Every piece I make is like a stepping stone toward the next project in my imagination. Bio: Creating with fiber has been a continuous thread for most of Suzanne Tidwell's life. She has worked in many mediums, both two and three dimensional. She currently finds herself working with recycled materials and miles of acrylic yarn, creating fantasy environments by means of large scale public knit installations. Bright color and undulating stripes make her work vibrate with happiness and bring joy to observers everywhere. After many years of moving around, Suzanne is pleased to finally be settled on Seattle's Eastside. In 1993, she graduated from the University of North Texas with a BA in Visual Art Studies. She has taught art to children and adults in schools, through art museum programs and privately. She credits her artistic revitalization to completing her certificate in Fiber Arts from the University of Washington in 2010. Her most recent installation "Artificial Light" is currently on display in Redmond’s historic Anderson Park until August 2012. Now in its third location, the project has more than doubled from its original scale to cover 50 trees.