Cotton, Weft-faced structure, watercolor background 18h x 12.5w (each piece) 2012 425.00 SOLD The sun poked out below the low clouds reflecting golden green on the distant shore.
Coiled Currents
February 12, 2013 by |
Cotton | weft-faced, hand dyed weft, coiled, mounted on watercolor Approx. 11h x 12w 2012 320.00 each This series is truly inspired by the water. Each piece starts with an inspiration from wilderness environments. I developed a technique to bring the dimension of the water to weaving where the sculptural form of woven […]
October Dogwoods II
February 7, 2013 by |
Cotton, Weft Ikat technique 40h x 29w 2012 $1200 sold Inspired by the autumn colors in the fall of 2011. The woven geometry captures the beauty of the urban landscape. The inspiration photo is where I started with this piece.
WOVENtranslations: Parallel Paths exhibit, through Feb
February 4, 2013 by |
The Regional Emerging Artists-in-Residence have the opportunity to show work completed while in the residency. At times I feel that I’m making little progress, but when I see my work together and remember the other 12 woven shibori scarves I made are not in the show, then it feels pretty darn good. Check it out […]
New Studio at Artspace
February 4, 2013 by |
My residency has ended, however, I have not left Artspace. They have offered a continuation program that allows me to stay for another six months. I have moved upstairs to studio 217. Please stop by to check it out and meet my studio-mate, Nancy VanNoppen.
Currents III
August 9, 2012 by |
Cotton, Weft-face structure and coiling techniques 17h x 12w 2012 190.00 The water soothes the barren landscape; gray sticks, blackened brush cover the hillside. But I am surrounded by blue skies where the ash and flame have long ago floated away. The water sparkles in the sunlight and laps the edges of the land, […]
Currents II
August 6, 2012 by |
Cotton, Weft-faced structure 18h x 12.5w (each piece) 2012 350.00 The pale growth returns, the birch and young jack pine thrive. The hillsides are young with fresh flora, the water supports, reflects, rejuvenates.
Currents I
August 2, 2012 by |
Cotton, Weft-face structure and coiling techniques 14h x 12w 2012 320.00 sold As the smoke rose into the sky, an ashy golden gray filtered the sunlight. The water reflected strange blue and tans while the trees were tinged with flames.
Convergence 2012
August 2, 2012 by |
Convergence is a bi-annual national/interneational conference for weavers, dye-ers, spinners, textile artists. I was selected as a Student Assistant to participate at this gathering of people who love making anything fiber related. It was held in Long Beach, California July 17 – 21. My motivation for going was to participate in two workshops, led by […]
Currents: New work for First Friday
August 2, 2012 by |
Now that I have a gallery space, it became evident I have been making relatively large textiles. An opportunity presents itself. This opportunity was about two feet of warp, left after a larger projects had been cut from the loom. I hated to see it go to waste. I had the idea of a series […]
My Artpsace Studio: Moved in
July 6, 2012 by |
The move is complete and just in time for tonight’s First Friday event. I am in a great corner studio with lots of space. Tom, my very handy husband has been painting, pounding nails into brick and hanging artwork from the highest heights to make a really beautiful studio space. After today, the real work […]
Magic is happening in the woven shibori class
June 27, 2012 by |
We just completed our fourth week of weaving and dyeing last night. The beautiful surprises that come with Woven Shibori are revealing themselves. In the previous weeks, we used fiber reactive dyes for the first and second rounds of dyeing. While the colors are spectacular, the price we pay is rinsing and more rinsing. […]
Awesome Weaving Journals
June 25, 2012 by |
The Weave-A-Journal class at Pullen Art Center ended with the most innovative woven designs. Here are several of the weavings from our class. The class included making the book with a wrap-around cover and loom pages. After our book was constructed we spent three weeks weaving. We started with basic tapestry techniques using yarn: […]
Artspace, here I come
June 24, 2012 by |
Very exciting news. I have been selected for the Artspace Regional Emerging Artist Residency starting in July. Artspace is a non-profit visual art center dedicated to providing inspiring and engaging arts education and community outreach programs. This unique organization is dynamic studio environment for over 30 professional artists (including me!). They also offer a program […]
Woven Shibori Class: June 5 – July 19
May 25, 2012 by |
I am offering a woven shibori class at Pullen Art Center. This is the technique I use to make scarves and wall pieces such as “The Storm”. Pullen Art Center has a weaving studio with pre-warped floor looms so we won’t be spending time setting up looms. Rather, the looms are full of white cotton […]
Weaving Journal Class
May 25, 2012 by |
I’m co-teaching a class on making a weaving journal. Kathy Steinsberger, bookmaker extraordinaire, and I collaborated on a wrap-around book cover to hold the mat board looms. It’s made of “pleather”, a canvas that has been coated with layers of paint, and is secured with a leather-ish thong. The books turned out really beautiful. We […]
Scarf #11
April 24, 2012 by |
This scarf is made of fine cotton giving beautiful drape and soft folds. 100% Cotton Woven Shibori Technique, hand tied fringe Handwash cool water to maintain rich color Approx. 72″ x 16″ $190
Scarf #10
April 22, 2012 by |
This scarf is made of fine cotton giving beautiful drape and soft folds. 100% Cotton Woven Shibori Technique, hand tied fringe Handwash cool water to maintain rich color Approx. 72″ x 16″ $190
Scarf #9
April 20, 2012 by |
This scarf is made of fine cotton giving beautiful drape and soft folds. 100% Cotton Woven Shibori Technique, hand tied fringe Handwash cool water to maintain rich color Approx. 72″ x 16″ $190
Scarf #8
April 18, 2012 by |
This scarf is made of fine cotton giving beautiful drape. This was inspired by The Storm wall hanging. 100% Cotton Woven Shibori Technique, hand tied fringe Handwash cool water to maintain rich color Approx. 72″ x 14″ $190
Woven Shibori: how do I get those patterns?
April 4, 2012 by |
I’ve been busy with a few new scarves. These are lighter weight using a very fine 30/2 cotton or 60 threads per inch. I start out with all white yarn…as always. These scarves are woven with a pattern thread of sturdy nylon. After the scarf is removed from the loom, I paint it with dye […]
October Dogwood I
April 4, 2012 by |
Cotton, Weft Ikat technique 40h x 29w 2012 Commission Inspired by the autumn colors in the fall of 2011. The woven geometry captures the beauty of the urban landscape. The inspiration photo is where I started with this piece.
Shibori Scarf #2
March 30, 2012 by |
100% Cotton Woven Shibori technique. Hand tied fringe. Handwash cool water to maintain rich color Approx. 72″ x 14″ $160
Shibori Scarf #1
March 29, 2012 by |
100% Cotton Woven Shibori technique, hand tied fringe Handwash cool water to maintain rich color Approx. 72″ x 14″ $150
Shibori Scarf #7
March 29, 2012 by |
100% Cotton Woven Shibori Technique, hand tied fringe Handwash cool water to maintain rich color Approx. 72″ x 14″ $150
Shibori Scarf #6
March 27, 2012 by |
100% Cotton Woven Shibori technique, hand-tied fringe Handwash cool water to maintain rich color Approx. 72″ x 14″ $160
Shibori Scarf #5
March 26, 2012 by |
100% Cotton Hand wash cool water to maintain rich color Approx. 72″ x 14″
Shibori Scarf #4
March 24, 2012 by |
100% Cotton Woven Shibori technique, knotted fringed Handwash cool water to maintain rich color Approx. 72″ x 14″ $140