Karyl Sisson
Karyl Sisson (b.1948) is a fiber artist originally from Brooklyn, NY. Using recycled or repurposed materials (like old cloth tape measures, wood clothespins, vintage paper drinking straws and vintage zippers), she creates wall art and sculptural forms. Sisson says, “My practice is a means for exploring the 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 BS from New York University and received her MFA 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 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Racine Art Museum, and the Renwick Gallery, National Museum of Art.
Karyl Sisson, Dizzy, 2016. Vintage paper drinking straws and polymer 
Karyl Sisson, V (pink), 2016 
Karyl Sisson, Sunny Side Up, 2016 
Karyl Sisson, Straw Suites (Pepsi II), 2016 
Karyl Sisson, Straw Suites (III), 2016. Vintage paper drinking straws 
Karyl Sisson, Faux Pots (Salsa Sets), 2015 
Karyl Sisson, In Stitches, 2015 
Karyl Sisson, Puff IV, 2015 
Karyl Sisson, Growth II, 2014. Vintage cotton zipper tape and thread 
Karyl Sisson, Reaching Out, 2013. Vintage zipper tape and thread 
Karyl Sisson, Looped, 2013 
Karyl Sisson, Untitled, 2012 
Karyl Sisson, Straw Skyline, 2011 
Karyl Sisson, Heavy Hearted, 2001 
Karyl Sisson, Faux Pots, 1997, Tape Measures