Category Archives: Fiber Art

Valerie White

Valerie White and me

I had a wonderful day yesterday.  I had a chance to hear a presentation by fiber artist Valerie White and what an amazing woman she is!  Not only did she have us laughing for almost a full hour, her stories touched our hearts and souls and her humbling approach to showing how she became such a fabulous fiber artist made us all feel that anything is possible if you work at it hard [...]

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Leather Sun Shade from Africa

I was able to spend a few hours in my studio today and hung up an inspirational piece I bought in Santa fe this weekend.  I just love this!  It has everything I like in a piece of art — it’s authentic, made by hand, included embroidery, and has a useful function.  The dealer told me that these pieces are made by women in nomadic tribes living in the Sahara desert and are hung on their tents [...]

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Fiber Art Now

 

 

I love this magazine.  Fiber Art Now.  It really shows the depth and breadth of our medium and Marcie Young (the Editor) is always reaching out to our community to ask us questions about being fiber artists.  I answered one of her questions and she added my comments to the Viewpoints page in the current issue.  I highly recommend that if you are interested in the cutting edge of what’s happening in the fiber art community, [...]

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Seasonal Palette Video

A friend of mine sent me this link where Luana Rubin talks about my piece in Seasonal Palette.  She totally gets what I was trying to do!

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Seasonal Palette

SAQA Seasonal Palette Exhibit

OK.  I was wrong.  Something I don’t usually say.  But when I arrived in Houston and walked into the Seasonal Palette exhibit, I was blown away.  All my complaining (and I wasn’t alone!) came to naught when I saw the beauty of the pieces created for this special SAQA exhibit.  I felt totally honored that I was asked to create something for this show .  And humbled too.

Curated by Vicki Mangum and Kathleen McCabe, 144 [...]

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