Terri Shinn resides in Snohomish, Washington. Her work has been featured in numerousbooks, regional, national, and international shows, and has been included in private andpublic collections. In 2005, she was named the Snohomish County Artist of the Year. In2017 she received a diploma in Art and Design / Experimental Stitch. Terri currently serveson the board of the Schack Art Center, is a member of the Northwest Designer Craftsmen,and is a past commissioner on the Snohomish County Arts Commission.She views experimentation as an essential part of her process and looks to her sense ofhumor and outlook on life for inspiration. Terri especially enjoys the discovery process asshe plays with various materials, experiments with different textures, and tackles newtechniques.Trees have turned into a source of never-ending fascination and inspiration. Besides theirwonderful textures and diverse colors, I am drawn to their amazing lines and shapes. Thisnew series of vessels endeavors to explore the textures, colors, and lines in the bark of treesfrom around the world. Bark is considered an accumulation of several different outer layersof a wood plant. Similarly, multiple layers are what I use to create my vessels; either bymachine or hand stitching, or a combination of both. I am forced to slow down, to take mytime and truly study what nature has so masterfully created as I attempt to emulate itsbeauty while interpreting these forms in stitch.