Yukon Artists at Work will present another series of Artist in the Window residencies beginning Wednesday.

Fabric artist Susanne Hausermann has enjoyed playing with paper since she was a child. As an adult, she loves sewing with it.

“It has always fascinated me,” she said earlier this month.

“These days, I like to ‘rough it up.’ That softens the fibres and makes it easier to sew.”

Paper is just one of the materials Hausermann will be using during her Artist in the Window residency at Yukon Artists at Work in Whitehorse.

She’ll be working in the gallery’s front window from Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. The public is invited to go see her create.

Hausermann will also make art with old jeans and CDs.

“I love the shiny nature of CDs, especially when they are held up to the light,” she said.

“I have some ideas about how I want to use them, but at this point it will be a big experiment to see what works. I am hoping to incorporate mirrors in some way.”

As for the jeans, Hausermann will cut them into strips, reinforce them with zigzag stitching, and knit the strips together.

“I have so many pairs of old jeans and I don’t want to just throw them out,” Hausermann said.

“Using them in my art seems the natural thing to do.”

Hausermann was born in Switzerland and immigrated to Canada in 2010. She lives on little Atlin Lake and said she is constantly inspired by her beautiful surroundings.

Colours and fabrics are Hausermann’s passion.

She manipulates textiles using paint, dye, waxing, fusing, smocking and calligraphy, among other things. She also enjoys manipulating her own photo images and printing them onto fabrics.

The pieces she creates during her time in the window will be included in a group exhibit called “Experienced Materials” that will run throughout September at the Yukon Artists at Work gallery.

Yukon Artists at Work is a non-profit society that hosts a gallery located at Fourth Avenue and Wood Street.

It is run completely by the artists and provides opportunities for the public to meet and interact with them, watch the artists work, and purchase art.

This latest Artist in the Window series, which runs until the end of September, is being funded through the territorial government’s Great Yukon Summer program. It features six artists.

Next after Hausermann is Neil Graham. From Sept. 1-4, he will be painting animal portraits.