Sarah Sousa is a poet and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of the poetry collections See the Wolf, named a 2019 ‘Must Read’ book by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, Split the Crow and Church of Needles, as well as the chapbooks Yell, which won the Summer Tide Pool Prize at C&R Press, and Hex which won the Cow Creek Chapbook Prize. Her poems have appeared in the Massachusetts Review, North American Review, the Southern Poetry Review, Verse Daily among others. Her collage/visual poetry has appeared in Tupelo Quarterly, Matter Press and New Delta Review. Honors include a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship and a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship. Check out her poetry website at www.sarahasousa.com
Weave, Twine, Dye, Spin, Stitch
My work centers around traditional textile techniques with a heavy dose of experimentation. Basic weave structure and stitch are at the heart of my process. Animal (wool) and cellulose fibers, foraged ‘natural’ and manmade elements are my primary materials. I’m currently exploring the photographic process of cyanotype using original photographs, text and collagraphic prints on fabric and paper (including book pages and found paper). The juxtaposition of industrial/manmade decay in rural environments, history, visual and textual palimpsest and material culture have always fascinated; the tension at play in both my textual and textural work.
Statement
Get in touch with inquires about specific pieces, to commission work or to schedule workshops: visual poetry/collage, spinning, experimental and basic weaving on small looms, cyanotype on paper and fabric, patchwork, wool studies, lucet braiding, crochet yarn bomb.
