Winter Blooms...

This Winter has given me the gift of time, quiet moments to spend developing my small studies into new sculpture.

During last Autumn's art residency I challenged myself to create smaller sculptural works that could easily be exhibited in locations where my large scale installations were not possible. This new series of work retains the familiar environmental thread of using reclaimed plastics but is now combined with open mesh structures I've crocheted using stainless steel wire.  Once again my boundless celebration of nature blooms, transforming forgotten synthetic materials into organic sculptural form.

Northwest Designer Craftsman

Vashon Center for the Arts

MAR 3 - 30, 2017

Bellevue College Gallery Space

APR 12 - MAY 17, 2017

National Basketry Organization

'All Things Considered 9 - Basketry in the 21st Century'

American Art Company 

Tacoma, WA

JULY 20 - SEPT 2, 2017

Sally D Francisco Gallery

Layton, NY

OCT - NOV, 2017

Society of Arts & Crafts

Boston, MA

FEB - JUN, 2018

Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle

Poetry Garden, Seattle Center

NOV 2017 - JAN 2018

Millay Colony Art Residency

My home, place of exploration, experimentation & creation for an entire month....My deepest gratitude to Artist Trust and Millay Colony!

Image share from my wanderings at Millay Colony in Austerlitz New York, to view more check out my pages on Facebook  and Instagram, enjoy!

Millay Colony Art Residency

My home, place of exploration, experimentation & creation for an entire month....My deepest gratitude to Artist Trust and Millay Colony!

Image share from my wanderings at Millay Colony in Austerlitz New York, to view more check out my pages on Facebook  and Instagram, enjoy!

'plastic & light' - Museum of Glass

Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

January/February 2009

Inspired by the Science of Art unit Art of Light, resident artist Barbara De Pirro created this sculptural installation using light and recycled plastics to create an “under the sea” environment. She gathered, cleaned, cut and recreated over 500 plastic bottles, re-imagining the materials into sea chandeliers, foam, kelp and grass. “Each visitor, in the process of creating their own light sculpture, gained an understanding of lights affect on various surfaces, transparent, translucent, opaque, then discovering how shadows become part of the art. All of this, directly translating into a renewed understanding and appreciation of all art, including a new amazement for the art of glass.

For more information & images:
http://www.depirro.com/installation.html