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fiber artist
Generosi-tea: Self-Portrait as Teapot
A person of generous proportions, I like to think I also have a generous nature. Those who give frequently receive, as I have from friends, family, and colleagues. The contributed linen napkins I used in this sculpture tell their own stories of generosity – of dinner parties and holiday gatherings – in the stains and signs of wear. Sitting down for tea with a friend is a ritual of generosity I love to perform.
Materials: things given to me: linen napkins, pearl buttons, lace trim, canvas, wire; other things: fiberfill, thread, crochet thread, muslin, interfacing, cardboard
Techniques: machine and hand sewing, pattern drafting, stuffing
Materials: things given to me: linen napkins, pearl buttons, lace trim, canvas, wire; other things: fiberfill, thread, crochet thread, muslin, interfacing, cardboard
Techniques: machine and hand sewing, pattern drafting, stuffing
Celia
Celia was my grandmother-in-law. She was born in 1903 in Luninets, Belarus, married Milton in 1924, & had two daughters. She kept a pristine home, using her tablecloths for family celebrations. After she died at age 100, I was given her tablecloths, which I used until they began to wear out. I couldn’t part with them, until I came up with the idea of using one to create a portrait to honor Celia.
Materials: Celia's tablecloth, various cords, wool batting, fiberfill, wire, thread, buttons, foam core
Techniques: coiling, stitching, unraveling, embroidery
17” h x 13.25” w x 2.5” d
Materials: Celia's tablecloth, various cords, wool batting, fiberfill, wire, thread, buttons, foam core
Techniques: coiling, stitching, unraveling, embroidery
17” h x 13.25” w x 2.5” d
Salt Marsh
2023
18” h x 18” w x 1.5” d
The beauty and serenity of Scarborough Marsh is a challenge to capture in any visual medium. In this work I attempted to depict the slow movement of the river and the sway of the cord grass.
Materials: hand-dyed round and flat oval reed, acrylic paint, waxed threads
Techniques: twining, sprang weaving, painting
18” h x 18” w x 1.5” d
The beauty and serenity of Scarborough Marsh is a challenge to capture in any visual medium. In this work I attempted to depict the slow movement of the river and the sway of the cord grass.
Materials: hand-dyed round and flat oval reed, acrylic paint, waxed threads
Techniques: twining, sprang weaving, painting
Sanctuary No. 2 - Music Chamber
Imagine yourself at rest in the gently swinging hammock inside Sanctuary No. 2 – Music Chamber. You can hear the chimes clink softly in the breeze. The sprang roof is open to the sky, allowing the sight of blue skies, the music of singing birds, and the scent of the surrounding forest to nourish your spirit. You feel at one with the earth in your sanctuary made of the gifts of nature.
The walls and floor of Sanctuary No. 2: Music Chamber are made from music notes that I had made for a collaborative installation with fellow artist Laurie Bogdan for the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. The installation featured a music staff with the notation for Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind constructed of natural materials we had foraged for.
The walls and floor of Sanctuary No. 2: Music Chamber are made from music notes that I had made for a collaborative installation with fellow artist Laurie Bogdan for the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. The installation featured a music staff with the notation for Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind constructed of natural materials we had foraged for.
Sanctuary No. 2 - Music Chamber -Interior
Materials: repurposed music notes from Music Chamber, Oriental bittersweet, daylily cord, artificial sinew, waxed linen, birch bark, thread.
Techniques: coiling, sprang weaving, pin-loom weaving, stitching, knotting.
13.5” h x 11.5” w x 7.5” d
Techniques: coiling, sprang weaving, pin-loom weaving, stitching, knotting.
13.5” h x 11.5” w x 7.5” d
Spirit House - Air
This Spirit House can be many things:
a resting spot for the spirit, with the familiar elements providing orientation and sustenance;
a tool for meditation;
a reminder to see spirit in nature;
an invitation for the spirit world to inhabit the material world;
a point of departure for a journey into the world of spirit through the elemental portal that speaks to you in this moment
Materials: sticks, handmade paper, daylily cord, leaves, string, artificial sinew, bamboo, tapioca starch
Techniques: papermaking, knotted construction, looping, sewing, gluing
12.5" h x 12" w x 11" d
a resting spot for the spirit, with the familiar elements providing orientation and sustenance;
a tool for meditation;
a reminder to see spirit in nature;
an invitation for the spirit world to inhabit the material world;
a point of departure for a journey into the world of spirit through the elemental portal that speaks to you in this moment
Materials: sticks, handmade paper, daylily cord, leaves, string, artificial sinew, bamboo, tapioca starch
Techniques: papermaking, knotted construction, looping, sewing, gluing
12.5" h x 12" w x 11" d
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