Videos

Akimbo: Deidre Scherer’s Work in Progress

This 2-minute video follows my development of a thread-on-fabric work from January 15 through March 21, 2026. By studying a black & white photo that I took of Cicely over 20 years ago, “Akimbo” progresses from finding her palette of colors to multiple rounds of cutting, layering, and sewing. 

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BCTV Living and Dying -interview on September 3, 2013: Scherer discusses how she became inspired to seek elders as subjects in her art, and how she brings light to our fear of dying and death.

 

In Working With Fabric, she shares her approach to drawing freely with scissors and sewing machine in the medium of thread-on-layered-fabric.

 

 

 

Here is the video from our artists talk at Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts on October 27, 2018. Jackie Abrams and I cover the inspirations and processes behind our three-dimensional collaborations. 

AARP Prime Time Radio:
The Last Thread on April 21, 2009 – Deidre Scherer creates portraits that capture the final days of a person’s life. Her unique technique and compassionate manner are explored in this report by independent producer Meghan Vigeant.
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