Susan Taylor Brown
I am a fiber artist creating highly textured, hand-embroidered fiber landscapes inspired by the natural world.
I call them Wildscapes, little plots of nature created from hand-dyed wool yarn, sticks and stones, and hundreds and hundreds of French knots.
My Wildscapes grow from a deep-rooted connection to the wild world just beyond my studio door. They are an invitation to pause, reflect, and find a moment of calm in the beauty of the untamed outdoors. I consider them a bridge from my world to yours, a reminder of the invisible threads that connect us all to the natural world and to each other.
Each handcrafted fiber landscape is a tactile experience, urging you to physically connect with textures that mirror the diversity and richness of nature. They offer a tangible way to reconnect with the natural world and restore the balance we crave.
When someone feels pulled into my work and tells me they want to shrink down and run barefoot through my Wildscape, it tells me I’ve done something right, there’s a connection—a thread woven between us.
What if a piece of art could connect us to the energy of the earth?
Texture is at the heart of all I do.
But it’s not just about adding texture to a piece, the materials have to feel good in my hands. I can tell when I pick up a fiber if it’s going to belong or not. The energy of the materials has to match the energy of the piece. Add that to the way the needle slides in and out of the fabric in tune with my heartbeat. The way the colors of nature make my heart sing. The experiments with unlikely fibers and the favorite stitches I return to again and again.
Everything works together to guide my creative journey from “what if” to a place of pure joy.
If I let joy draw the map, I am never lost.
