Sherry R. Deatrick

I'm a Louisville-based artist who creates objets d'art in a variety of mediums including crochet, papier-mache, beadwork, mosaic, and sometimes even free-form pieces that combine them all.

Blue Squid/Octopus

This site is under construction. Meanwhile, contact Sherry at sdeatrick@gmail.com.

News:

December 19: I've been chosen to participate in the prestigious 2007 NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Los Angeles! I'm so excited I can't sleep at night!

November 18: I'm thrilled to have gotten to meet John Waters after his lecture at the Kentucky Center for the Arts, as well as having interviewed him for LEO!

September 1: Am now officially, more or less, the theater critic for LEO magazine! Yay!

July 7: Took part in the group art show Open House at the Cinderblock Gallery in Louisville, with my Peter Criss mosaic.

July 5: My article about the Louisville Theater Alliance is the cover story for the current issue of LEO Magazine.

July 3: Check out the crocheted octopus/squid (left) I made as a birthday gift for my friend Erin. Her twin sister Leenie got a one-eyed red ant! Both utilized yarn that had belonged to their grandmother, for an extra touch of sentimental value.

June 27: Monstercrochet.com has included "Blanc", my albino psychotic tomato, in their gallery of tomato friends.