DVAA Member since 2023
L. L. Gross
About:
Born in Minneapolis, living in Philadelphia since 1976.
Master degree(s) University of Pennsylvania, 1978, 1982. Art studies include ceramics and paper making, University of the Arts, fibers and sculpture at Tyler School of Art.
Artist Statement:
I use foraged plant materials to create fanciful and evocative sculpture. Materials are collected, cleaned and air dried to protect them from decay. The addition of nonacid fibrous paper and glue protects and strengthens them. When I started working with foraged plant materials my goal was to create work I could use as a teaching artist. Using these plants as art material allowed me to interweave art projects with discussions of the environment, history, culture and ecology. In 2002, my work was chosen to decorate the EPA offices of Christine Todd Whitman before global warming had become a dominant presence in all our lives.
