Ingrid Restemayer returns to Susan Hensel Gallery with a new fiber art series titled, Single Story.

“My work has always had a hint of storytelling with the inclusion of my intaglio images as pseudo-illustrations when paired with hand-embroidery.  But the work in Single Story takes the imagery more into the realm of the vernacular.

In this body of work I continue to combine printmaking, collage and stitching. This particular work, however, began during pandemic lockdowns – when we were all ordered to stay home.  The home, the house, became the central location for all life’s activities.   

Single Story takes the idea of the house as a situation of place and circumstance.  The basis for each piece is, of course, the house. I depict it as a icon of the colonial home, of the American dream.

 Each icon is overlayed with a stitched or collaged element. Even in its simplicity – a few stitches, French knots, or the image of a chicken – can completely change the implied situation. The combination tells an individual, single story.

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