Susan Circone is a fiber artist based in the Portland, Oregon area. Her work explores the minutiae of the physical and natural world, finding inspiration in its structures, textures, and forms. The slow process of stitching is used for mark-making and construction, expressing the importance of the mundane, the microscopic, and the overlooked. Recently she has begun to explore tapestry weaving. Her prior career as a research scientist in the geological sciences informs the work, and she finds that the process of creating is a lot like running laboratory experiments – things do not always go as planned, but something is always learned in the process. www.susancircone.com