Meet the artist
Carrie Wright left a career in corporate America two decades ago and has since been honing her skills as a silk painter. Originally working out of a 100-square-foot home studio in the Old West End of Muncie, Indiana, in 2023 she moved her studio five blocks east into Muncie’s downtown historic Murray Building in order to pursue creating 7 Days. She is constantly exploring new ways of expressing ideas through her art. Being a student of multiple disciplines, Carrie feels absolute freedom to combine ancient and completely innovative silk painting techniques. "I'm always thinking about light, how we experience light as color, and how different patterns of color evoke different emotional responses in all of us. Because silk reflects far more light than it absorbs, I find it to be the perfect medium for using color and pattern to communicate my artistic vision."
Wright grew up surrounded by flat fields in northern Delaware County, Indiana. In her early years, her father was a mechanic with his own garage, while her mother worked at home, drove a school bus and attended classes at Ball State University between bus routes. This instilled a strong work ethic in both she and her older entrepreneur brother. She believes her upbringing and past life experiences have all converged into this pinnacle project.
Her ingenuity has led her to engineer all of her own tools, including the Japanese silk painting Harite and Shinshi system that enables her to paint the 77 five-yard-long silk panels for 7 DAYS. Wright also developed her own steamer using insulated stove pipe and a rice cooker.
HARITE & SHINSHI SUSPENSION SYSTEM
WRIGHT’S STEAMER