Dive into an imaginative, colorful world of oversized moths and butterflies, flowers and plants in this exhibition by artist Michelle Stitzlein. Stitzlein creates large scale sculpture from recycled materials. A feast for the eyes, MIchelle’s works are Inventive, playful, humorous and above all, determined in their use of discarded materials, Stitzlein’s assemblies are a preeminent example of how to successfully recycle anything used, old or mundane into works of alluring beauty. She works in a large studio converted from a former grange hall in Baltimore, Ohio.
She is interested in the imperfect, unique details of the world around us. Her work brings together these seemingly separate interests; garden hoses, piano keys, and pots and pans are transformed into large-scale, lush visual landscapes that suggest the natural world. The cast off objects used to create these pieces become nearly unrecognizable, and instead on focusses on the painstanklingly handcrafted nature of the work and marvels at the sheer number of objects used that would otherwise be waste in our society.
An imaginative, colorful world of oversized moths and butterflies. The cast-off objects used to create these pieces become nearly unrecognizable, and instead focusses on the painstakingly handcrafted nature of the work and marvels at the sheer number of objects used that would otherwise be wasted in our society.
Her repurposed work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions in galleries and museums nationwide, including the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY; Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL; Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL; Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS; Warm Springs Gallery, Charlottesville, VA; Carnegie Mellon University / Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA; COSI, Columbus, OH; and the Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH.
During her travels, she has met artists in countries such as South Africa, Namibia, Guatemala, Mexico, Bolivia, Colombia and India, and has been inspired by their resourcefulness & ingenuity with found materials.