Carrie Pendergrass, an art teacher at Notre Dame High School, is also an artist and a jewelry designer. Her works include “Sew Storm,” a mixed media drawing.ABOUT HER
* Age: 36.* Education: Bachelor’s degree in fine arts, master’s in education.* Hobbies: She wants to go to South America and Italy. “I’ve been fantasizing about living in another country for many years.”* Family: She is the middle child of five.* Interesting fact: Enjoys words and letters. She loves old fonts and takes note of song lyrics. “I was almost an English major.”
In one of Carrie Pendergrass’ signature artworks, there are two canvases, each picturing a bird in a tree. Each bird has a tin can with a string attached, like the tin-can telephone toys of childhood.
Looking closely, one can see the birds are not painted but stitched on to the canvas with colored thread. She calls the paintings of the birds “The Dangling Conversation,” after the Simon & Garfunkel song.
Pendergrass, an artist, jewelry designer and high school teacher, is the owner of Sewn to the Sky designs. Her company is named after an indie rock album.
The Chattanooga native is also a lover of trees, nature, tiny things and music.