About Less Bee Raisin Nibble:

Collages come from:
Paper (trees), glue (magic), thought (brain cells), textures (see them?), scissors (more magic), deliberation (hmmm…), choices (yes, no, maybe/not), more paper (see above), more cutting (scissors), more glue, time, and a frame. 

And here there are!  And now here you are!  I hope you enjoy them.

This exhibit “Less Bee Raisin Nibble” was a fund raiser. The proceeds from purchase of these collages (each $250) went to the Madison Public Library and the Goodman Food Pantry.

Who knew that collages could lead to more books at the library or more bananas in someone’s lunch?
Buy one to keep, one to give away. 
More books, more bananas!

Purchase one to keep, one to give away.  More books, more bananas! If interested in purchasing a piece, please email the artist directly at birdross123 @ gmail.com

Artist Statement:

Bird Ross’ work revolves around an ongoing study of how divergent materials can be the perfect companions in resolving obstacles.  Bird has sorted many problems she’s met on her way to creating costumes, props, sculptures, tabletop theatre, installations, puppet shows, fabric vessels, clothing, hats, paper and cloth jewelry, monoprints with embroidered constructions and most recently abstract compositions using textiles and collages. She is fluent on the sewing machine and calm in a conundrum.

She senses total euphoria in working collaboratively and does so often. She also teaches courses encompassing a multitude of materials and open-ended solutions. Bird enjoys reading stories to kids and grownups as she did in “Lunch and Stories” in her back yard during Covid-19.

Bird founded the Mending Project in 2016, as an initiative of the Sewing Machine Project. The Mending Project provides free mending to the public through the Central and Hawthorne Public Libraries.

Along with Brenda Baker, Bird founded the Women Artists Forward Fund and the Forward Art Prize in 2018. The Fund supports two women visual artists in Dane County annually with cash awards to buoy their art practices in unrestricted ways. It is the third largest arts endowment for women artists in the country.

Bird has worked with the Madison Public Library in various capacities, take a look at some past projects.