Stacy Hortner
Beneath the Surface, 2016
Mixed media fiber arts
Location: Outside the Anteroom in the Ted P. Junker Auditorium
My intentions was to present a natural world of beauty, complexity, and diversity. I made a 3-layer base, quilted the layers together and bound the edges. I made each of the coral reef elements, most of which represent real creatures. The ground is quilted and the elements were constructed using a multitude of fiber arts techniques.
Secret Garden, 2016
Mixed media fiber arts
Location: UPC Radiology Clinic
The walled garden is a world hidden to all except to the creatures who reside there and the one human who tends it as evidenced by the shovel leaning against the side of the gazebo. The garden is a magical place where squirrels and mice converse and a hungry frog fishes for his dinner. It is a place of peace and harmony, an atmosphere essential to those in need of healing.