Karyl Sisson (b. 1948) is a fiber artist originally from Brooklyn, NY. She creates abstract vessel forms out of cloth tape, clothespins, and zippers. In describing her sculpture, Sisson says of her work, "My sculptures are vehicles for exploring the different physical and psychological properties of holes, cavities, insides and outsides.
I'm influenced by the beauty and simplicity of ancient, indigenous, and animal architecture, organic growth, and patterns found in nature and in the nature of man." She holds a B.S. from New York University and received her M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her work is in numerous private collections as well as the collections of the Museum of Arts and Design, the Erie Museum, the de Young Museum, the Renwick Museum, Craft and Folk Art Museum, and the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts.
Karyl Sisson, Container XIII, 1990, mini wood clothespins and wire, G. Lloyd C Solly II photograph, GLCSII Studios
