“ Murder Hornet ” “ The Great Unravelling ”
would like a bigger space , but for now , it serves as a haven where she can relax , sort her discoveries into groups , and create .
She organizes lots of her treasures by color . She likes to sort things to help her find an item to fit her current creation in progress . One of her friends has an emu , and she gave her a bunch of feathers . Another one has peacocks , and Suzanne got some feathers from her as well .
Primrose Studios and the art she creates there are calming things , which Suzanne maintains we all need in these crazy times . She tries to stay calm for her clients in her day job , but she says it ’ s exhausting to keep it up . She has to make art . She claims . “ I have to calm down so I can be calm for others .”
Suzanne confesses that she is so new , she doesn ’ t even know what she doesn ’ t know . Because she is self-taught , she has a different perspective . Her studio reflects the various facets of her personality and creative spirit — male and female , dark and light . She has lace curtains and plants and bullet shells and rusty tools and feathers . You will see pretty , girly things mingled with man cave stuff . It ’ s like steampunk
meets Martha Stewart . Primrose Studios is her apothecary — a storehouse with lots of things in glass jars and open boxes so she can see what she has available .
Suzanne has even used knitting in a couple of things . One of them was a failed knitting effort . She had a tangle of really nice quality wool , so she turned it into a sheep and called it “ Wolf in Sheep ’ s Clothing .” She added some rusty springs and other things , and it sold quickly . “ Maybe it ’ s a metaphor for life ,” she says . “ It ’ s like there are no failures , just finding the right use for what ’ s in front of you .” She doesn ’ t use anything that ’ s not organic or metal or glass . She seldom uses bones , saying that they add an element too dark for what she wants to do .
Just before the COVID 19 virus hit , Suzanne made a piece she called “ Self-Isolate .” It pictured a scary-looking assemblage girl , with a conical shell for a face mask , who was trapped in a big jar . Then months went by . She would come out to her studio and create nothing . Her sister , who is also a therapist , said she was processing the COVID thing , and art would come back to her when she was ready . As a result , Suzanne produced “ The Great Unraveling ”
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