Erica Spitzer Rasmussen

Fiber artist Erica Spitzer Rasmussen creates wearable art and sculptures out of unassuming materials like dehydrated tomatoes, matchsticks, human hair and decongestants to speak to the anxieties one might feel about their body.

Fiber artist Erica Spitzer Rasmussen creates wearable art and sculptures out of tomatoes, matchsticks, and even decongestants to tell stories about our anxieties about our bodies. In a eclectic process that includes shopping at ethnic grocery stores, to making her own paper, Rasmussen’s innovative materials inform her designs. Minnesota Music in this segment: Maps of Norway Dosh Matthew McCright Andrew Broder Stephen Paulus Steve Heitzeg

Air Date 4/27/13