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Wire Zoo
Elizabeth Berrien's wire sculpture studio/showroom has an ever-changing array of works in progress, along with her collection of award winning works. Visitors welcome to tour the space... see wire horses, bears, cats, dogs, humans, even a 14-foot Giraffe.
A young student’s life was changed forever by the art teacher’s words: “Take this wire and mess with it!” Struggling for years, Elizabeth Berrien applied her love of basketry, weaving and other textile arts to gain control and fluency with the wire. She developed her unique, very personal textile technique of wire sculpture. Evolving it to museum level quality by the 1980’s, when few people were aware of wire sculpture and its validity as an art medium was very much in question.
In the ensuing decades, Berrien accepted myriad public and private commissions, and received dozens of top worldwide awards including a Clio, Obie, Cannes Gold Lions, and international Best of Show awards.
The artist constantly expands her repertoire. From the dragons and unicorns of the 1960’s, she expanded to explore and embrace tigers and wolves, birds of prey, humans, botanicals, microbes and spacecraft... no end in sight…
Contact Details
115 State Ave, Ste 113B, Olympia WA 98501
The Olympia Creative District is a state-certified Creative District under the Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) program. This website was funded by cultural access funding through INSPIRE Olympia.
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