ART FOR EARTH: A Creative Act of Repair
Deborah Kruger’s monumental fiber art raises awareness about endangered birds, disappearing languages, and women’s empowerment.
MY ART & MY HEART
I create monumental feathered artwork that calls attention to bird extinction and disappearing languages. Making this art is my stewardship, my political action and my effort to repair the world.
At the studio, my team works with me to create feathers from recycled plastic. We transform these hand-printed feathers into large-scale sculptures exhibited in museums, galleries, and universities around the world.
Each piece sparks conversation about climate change, cultural loss, and how we can all help protect species and environments in our beautiful, fragile planet. Each piece is made with passion, with sorrow and with a painful awareness that there is no Planet B.
ABOUT THE WORK
My art practice weaves together ecology, culture, and community.
Every feather is silk-screened with drawings of endangered birds and overprinted with fading languages such as Yiddish, Purépecha, and Cho’lol—merging species and text to illustrate the deep interconnectedness of all life.
With roots in textile design, each sculpture aims to inspire with its colorful plumage and to tell the story about worldwide threats to birds—acting as reminders that beauty and meaning can coexist with sustainability and action.
COMMUNITY & COLLABORATION
Each sculpture is handmade by a team of ten women from our Mexican community. Together, we create thousands of feathers and assemble every work of art by hand.
This collaboration provides creative, dignified employment and models the Jewish principle of Tikkun Olam—“repairing the world.”
Every piece we make is both a tribute to our fragile ecosystem and a call to collective care.
Because there is no Planet B.
YOUR IMPACT
Your support and participation sustains our studio, the artwork and the people behind each sculpture—women creating art with purpose.
Through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, your tax-deductible donation directly supports:
- Fair, sustainable jobs for women artists
- Environmental awareness through museum and gallery exhibitions
- The creation of a Studio Endowment for long-term stability
Together, we can keep this circle of art, ecology, and compassion in motion.
Together, we can help beauty—and purpose—take flight.
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Learn More: https://deborahkruger.com