The Zati Masks of Susan Barrett Merrill.......Oct. 4, 2005

Zati Masks
Zati is an Urdu word meaning "from the inside out" or "the spirit inside". Fiber artist Susan Barrett Merrill has been creating these masks for many years. The faces are woven flat with hand-spun wool. Facial features are created in the weave, using weft-wedging and other techniques, and sculpted into three-dimensional masks. The faces are then felted onto headdresses using soft Merino wool. Each mask is unique.

We are fortunate to have Susan as an exhibitor and demonstrator this year at the Fair.  There is no other way to describe her work other than incredible.  The faces of these mask are all woven and the headpieces are felted.

Susan also runs Weaving a Life Workshops.  You can find more information at:
www.zatimask.com and www.weavingalife.com

Having the opportunity to witness her amazing talent is reason enough for a trip to the Fiber Center at the fair..........simply wonderful!!

Comments

[PJ]

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful site! How beautiful and meaningful those masks are! It's so wonderful to open our eyes to all the different things- we can learn so much from our fellow bloggers!

[Chris]

Ya gotta love the mind that comes up with that! Thanks for taking the time to share with us.

[Leslie]

Amazing and delightful! The talent of fiber folk continues to impress and astonish me!

[wool winder]

A true artist with wool.

[Maureen]

Wow....those masks are incredible. Thanks for sharing the pictures with us. I am kicking my self for not trying to make it to the Fair.

[Dianna]

These are VERY cool masks! Incredible talent and thinking outside the box to make a flat woven turn into 3D spirits...

[Becca]

such an amazing yet unusual artist ... I like the connection of weaving artwork and weaving a life.