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Fibers

It's been brought to my attention that some folks might be interested in my earlies fibers, back when I began as a weaver. Here are a few selected images that show my progression from woven tapestries, fabrics, and rugs to wearables, knitted and pieced. My focus is now on art quilts and surface design as can be seen on the other gallery pages.

Please, bear in mind that all these images are scanned slides and were taken long before my digital talents!

A seersucker blanket woven with a wool weft on a cotlin warp. Basted on an antique tie-up.

Detail of Kings Fancy rag rug 3'x 5'. Cotton rag strips on linen warp. Again, based on an antique draft.

The Kings Fancy rug and the seersucker blanket were woven as final interpretive pieces for the Handweavers Guild of America Master Certificate recieved in 1978. The Historicay Society, in the town where I livedat the time, was given a metal can filled with old weaving drafts. I redrafted them to today's standards, wove samples of each, and then wove contemporary interpretations of three of them.

A rug based on the old Rose Path pattern. Wool weft, linen warp. 5' x 7'. Won first place for fiber at the Jacksonville, FL Art in the Park, 1979.

Untitled Tapestry. Wool weft, linen warp. Approximately 3' x 3'. It may have had a name, but it sold almost immediately after being made and I just don't remember.

Another piece whose title I don't remember and it was sold. All wool and approximately 3' x 3'.

Life Line II - 9' x 7' wool weft, linen warp.

Life Line V - 2' x 3'. Wool weft, linen warp.

Knitted boots. 18" x 8" x 10". Designed to depict a client's life abroad. Wool over down and poly booties with leather soles.

Fur jacket with wool knited sleeves and trim. This was an old fur coat that no one wanted so I cut it up!

Vest. Shibori velveteen, cotton, and poly blend.

Tile Jacket. Hand painted silk tiles on vintage silk kimono and ribbons.

Copyright 1978 - 2008