Felting is an ancient technique, predating weaving by millennia. Working in felt is a natural progression from the artist’s training as a weaver. Using needle and thread is a part of textile history. Mark-making is part of the evolution of art and of human communication. Using a needle and thread to make marks on cloth is part of that vocabulary. Related to these works is the use of fiber to make paper. By using this family of techniques, the artist speaks to the concept of time and of place, and to the ephemeral.

As a weaver, my eye was drawn to the tactile, colorful nature of my surroundings. Now this vision is driven by delight in the color and texture that has always been evocative to me, but in a way that is more playful, less constrained by boundaries than ever.

With clear vision, and now, free of boundaries. I’m drawn to fiber; to wool, to silk, to bamboo and to the ancient practice of felt making, as well as the equally ancient activity of papermaking. Layering, stitching, combining texture, color and mark making with a freedom that is only restricted by the physics of making an object, is a celebration.

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