Susan Bianchi

Pieces of Perfection

16h x16w inches

2020

Artist Statement

This fractured image of idealized beauty is very much like a Stepford wife. My husband, Curt, was intrigued by a mannequin in a Haight-Ashbury resale shop and captured this image. She is beautiful, and yet disconcerting. She has dimensionality, but no substance. Would all aspects of her as a woman add up to total perfection, or just pieces of perfection?

Materials

Cotton fabric, cotton/poly batting, stabilizer, Nymo thread, buttons, beads

Techniques

Quilted base with a couched binding, hand-sewn buttons and beads