Artist Turns Dried Leaves Into Works of Art

Susanna Bauer is an artist who works with found natural objects from leaves, wood and stones. She uses crotchet as embellishment but mostly in a more conventional way as a means of construction and sculpture.

In her work there is a fine balance strength and fragility. Basically, when it comes to pulling a fine thread through a brittle leaf or thin dry piece of wood she has to be extra careful and sensitive. It’s always amazing how the transient yet enduring beauty of nature that can be found in the smallest detail, vulnerability and resilience that could be transferred to nature as a whole or the stories of individual beings.

“As you can imagine, working with fragile leaves requires a lot of patience and a steady hand, but the focus of my work for me lies on the effect it has on the viewer, on the ideas that flow into the compositions and the thoughts the pieces can evoke. To create a piece that not only is intriguing as to how it is made, but also touches the viewer on a deeper level,” Susanna told Bored Panda.

Check out her work below.