CRITTERS!

Mary McFerran is a new resident in the Catskills. She is adjusting to the saturation of nature and beauty surrounding her. Eco dyeing local plants has helped her to acclimate.

McFerran has degrees in Fashion, Art Education, Printmaking, Expanded Arts, and Educational Technology. She shows her work in NYC, the Hudson Valley and the Catskills.

In this series, I gather plants and rocks from my home landscape and create eco dyes on repurposed fabric. I also print with rusted objects and assemble sculptural combinations with the elements. The works are often bound together with twine in order to connect them physically and symbolically. I am interested in the way these forms are culled directly from earth’s bounty and remind us of our interdependence with the environment.