Projects
This Land Was Made for You and Me: BAMPFA
Catherine Sherman is a teaching artist who enjoys making and exploring concepts through art with community of all ages. In this video, she teaches the basics of patchwork layout design, inspired by the work of quilter Rosie Lee Tompkins. Catherine demonstrates how to...
Narrowing my intentions while widening my horizons
Hello from “across the pond” in Cambridge, UK.I’ve joined my dear husband, Scot, on his well-earned sabbatical. It’s been scheduled since 2018 but was postponed due to the COVID pandemic…
LET THERE BE LiGHT at Purple Maroon Collective
It's de-LiGHTful to be the December featured artist at Purple Maroon Collectives, a gallery/shop founded by local women artists Josephine Tchang, Deborah Boskin and Maija Lähdesmäki in San Francisco's Noe Valley. Come see LET THERE BE LiGHT, a chandelier inspired...
de Young Open 2023
WAiST STREAM began with modest undergarment shapes found neatly rolled up on the shelves at SCRAP, a creative re-use center in San Francisco founded in 1976 by a group of volunteers including artist Ruth Asawa. SCRAP generates oceans of possibility by diverting more...
BEYOND RED WHiTE AND BLUE
In 2016, I started tearing fabric to grieve our divided country. This practice revolutionized every aspect of my art process. The torn strips became stripes in new versions of the American flag and the symbol became a geometry for expression and...
Craftcation
Making all the things. Especially new friends.
The HEXAGON PROJECT
Creativity is more contagious than fear. I began the HEXAGON PROJECT in 2019 as a slow growing hand stitched artifact of connection and empathy. Makers of all ages learn to stitch fabric hexagon shapes. They can keep their work or add to the project. So far it’s...
The Lab SF
PHOTO CREDIT: Lenore Chinn
SFOS 2019
Welcome to the movement!
“Catherine Sherman’s quilts are more than fabric stitched together—they are stories, symbols of empathy, and expressions of unity . . . her work blends craftsmanship with intention, creating pieces meant to be cherished by collectors and passed down through generations.”
- Bay Area Photographer, David Enloe
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