Studio Relay • Café Allongé, (Very) Tiny Table Top Theatre • Separately & Together • Set Design for Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Deuces are Wild • Stoops • Lakeline • Pigmented Pots Madison Children's Museum Reception • Working with the Alphabet Books Covers Rest of the Forest • 6000 Project Handbags Addition = Subtraction Jewelry …

Married 15 years with three kids, Madison artists Bird Ross and Tom Loeser share a houseful of imaginative hand-crafted works. But "ADDITION = SUBTRACTION" and "LadderbackkcabreddaL" - a joint art exhibit as intruiging as it's name - is only …

Bird Ross: A New Vocabulary. by Karen Searle Thread and fabric undergo a splendid metamorphosis as Bird Ross composes vivid, spirited garments. Colorful prints over a bold print background are covered with free flowing machine stitching to blend colors and build texture.

Bird Ross www.birdross.com 2826 Lakeland Ave. Madison, WI 53704 [email protected] 608.241.2787 Education 1992 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Masters of Fine Arts (Sculpture) Madison, WI 1980 TULANE UNIVERSITY, Bachelor of Arts (French) New Orleans, LA Grants/Awards 2014 EMMA International Artistsʼ Collaborative (Invited Participant) Saskatoon ...

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Threads invited designers Bird Ross, Annette Ames, Diane Ericson, and Nancy Ericksom to join our design experiment and use at least three fabrics from this challenging palette (rayon, cotton gauze, rayon matte jersey, twill-weave rayon, and a linen/cotton blend). The designers premiered their creations last fall at the Original Sewing & Craft ...

I make these vessels because I can't keep my hands off the supply of fabric I have in my studio. It is a thrill for me to 'throw' these forms on my sewing machine and to watch their forms be determined by the process.

This technique evolved from a technique I was using to create vessel forms. I swore I wouldn't try to make wearables to sell because of the 'size, sex and season' issues (who wears it when and how big or small are they?).

Somewhere between the worlds of art and craft, and light years from the planet on which Martha Stewart is stenciling her driveway with gnat blood, Bird Ross and Tom Loeser are taking elements of the home into new dimensions.

We wear them. They wear us. They speak for us. They speak about us. They speak. With this clothing I offer some additional dialogue.