I started sewing as a child on a sewing machine as well as embroidering taught to me by an elderly neighbor from Liverpool,
England. In high school I taught myself to weave tapestries, but it wasn't until my 20s that I finally got to weave on a floor loom and learn to handspin yarn. Many years later I combined
all those studies in making art dolls and wall pieces. My current work is focused on three-dimensional work on which I first dye paint cotton with Procion MX dyes, then shibori stitch, and
finally dye in indigo. I love combining all the textile techniques I've learned into fiber pieces.
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Pink Volcano Landscape
8" x 8" on wood frame
Cotton, indigo; dyed, embroidered
Three-dimensional shibori stitched and indigo dyed embroidered collage
$300
Wild Jungle Leaves
8" x 8" on wood frame
Cotton, Procion MX dyes, indigo; indigo dyed, dye painted, embroidered
Three-dimensional shibori stitched and indigo dyed embroidered collage
$300
Lush Bananas
8" x 8" on wood frame
Cotton, indigo; dyed, embroidered
Three-dimensional shibori stitched and indigo dyed embroidered collage
$300