Sharron Parker - Reality as Felt - Eye Center Concourse Display

Robert Motherwell said, "The function of the artist is to express reality as felt."

Sharron Parker works with handmade felt to create her art. Felting is believed to be the oldest textile technique, dating to the Stone Age. 2500-year-old felts have been found in Siberian tombs, depicting the nomadic people, their horses, and other animal imagery.
Being intrigued by the history of the buildings, and the stories of the people who’ve lived there, in this collection, Sharron depicts doors and windows she saw in the Dordogne region of France, near the medieval village of Belves when invited to exhibit in a 15C woolen mill, now a museum, near Belves.

Sharron Parker has been a feltmaker for 43 years. She received an undergraduate degree from Duke University and a masters degree from UNC-Greensboro, studying education, art, and interior design. Sharron continued her studies in textiles at Penland School of Crafts and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, where she has returned to teach workshops in felting. Sharron’s work has been exhibited throughout the US, in France, and through the Art in Embassies program, in Turkmenistan and Armenia.

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