My work is exhibited nationally and internationally. I share my love of creativity and the arts through workshops with other artists, the elderly and those in health care. My work as Artist-in-Residence in various nursing homes led me to create a wellness program that reaches the hearts and souls of residents through the arts: visual, [...]
For 25 years I was a Biological Anthropologist, studying New World Primates and teaching at university. In 2001, I quit my tenured professorship to become a full-time fiber artist. Since then I have exhibited my award-winning quilts in numerous juried shows and my work is included in both public and private collections. Since 2006 I [...]
Fabric is resilient. It can be dyed, bleached, painted, printed, burned, cut, frayed, glued, stitched, torn and mended. The word “fabricate” means to concoct, dream up, assemble and create. I make non-literal narratives. Marks I use may be balanced or reckless, austere or angry, surgical or ragged, literal or obscure. Images are superimposed on cloth [...]
A Renaissance woman best known for her fiber art, Melani is equally at home creating art books and jewelry. A native of Ohio, she now makes her home in Florida where she has been a studio artist for the past twenty-three years. Melani majored in art at Shaker Heights High School in Ohio. Although she [...]
My main Interest as an artist is layering. The great complexities of the world seem best explored through layered constructions. My work seeks to explore what is hidden and what is revealed — whether in a visual, emotional, or historical sense. These possibilities attract me visually, rationally and intuitively. I often dye my own fabrics [...]
I make marks on cloth. I do this slowly, stitch by stitch, then pull the stitches tight and knot before dyeing. This is the ancient method of stitch-resisted shibori. Removing the stitches reveals patterning, planned and unplanned. The planned provides a degree of order, but it is the unplanned surprises that make all the difference. [...]
I am a testament to lifelong learning. In 1993 a friend introduced me to Linda Fowler and Nancy Crow, who founded the Quilt/Surface Design Symposium (QSDS). Growing up around sewing and traditional needle works, quilting was a natural fit for me. While attending workshops at QSDS, I started exploring the quilting process and the techniques [...]
Annabel has had her hands on fabrics and paints from an early age. Her love of art has been a steady flame throughout her life. Annabel used her artistic skills as a cartographer, a traditional quilter and teacher and now as an art quilter. Annabel enjoys blending colors, textures and dimensions in her quilts and [...]
I am a Dutch native based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I am a writer, curator and artist and help direct Springboard Design. As an active artist, my approach to making quilts is grounded in art.
My art is a reaction to my world and my experiences. Materials include cloth, paint, repurposed found objects and stitching. Layering, organic mark-making and line are prominent elements in my work. I allow myself to listen to the art. I follow where it takes me and the process of creating continues to teach me to [...]
