Brenna Busse

Brenna Busse creates mixed media figures using mostly clay and fiber. Each material has its special qualities: forgiving and transforming.

artist statement: My work has a sense of place and reflects my values. As an urban person, living in the inner city of Minneapolis, I find rusted metal and flatten bottle caps on my walk through my neighborhood. Born and raised here in Minnesota, I have a Midwest sense of practicality and thrift. As a feminist, my figures all begin as female, reflecting the strength and complexity of the feminine. I am reclaiming and transforming the doll tradition, which was such a large part of my girlhood upbringing. www.brennabusse.com