Submitted by Honey Salon
This holiday season Honey Salon is proud to present Wild At Home, a new collection of paintings and mixed media fiber art by the crafty and coveted moth and squirrel proprietor Libby Chenault. Wild At Home blurs the lines of reality, folklore and fantasy with expertly depicted scenes and characters drawn from the edges of the wild woods. Chenault’s Wild At Home showcase debuts December 5 from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. during the Downtown Bellingham Art Walk. Opening night festivities include music mix-master PhDJ, hand-crafted warm winter beverages, sweet noshes and a seasonal surprise Honey Salon Wild At Home pop-up shop featuring ornaments, wreaths, stockings and stuffed animals ready to take home to your own wild nest.
Wild At Home is a new collection inspired by long winter nights on the edge of the woods. Paintings and mixed media fiber art tell stories of sophisticated wildness and the return home. Layers of yarn, thread and paint depict vivid scenes inspired from fairytales, classic children’s literature, natural history and interior design – weaving something new out of fragments familiar but forgotten.
Chenault is best known in and around Bellingham for her quirky stuffed animals and hats made from reclaimed materials, sold under the name moth and squirrel. Her unique sewing style includes work featuring embroidered faces full of personality, portrait pillows drawn with her sewing machine and wall hangings blending paint and her stitched line. Her seemingly effortless interpretations showcase her unique ability to blur the line between fine art and craft.