I think this sums up my art

I have spent the whole of my life in the arts, dabbling here and there in different art forms and I believe I have been looking for this type art as my forum of expression. In finding, the art of Crocheted/felted (cro-fusion), it set in place my voice of who I am artistically.

I identify with it because its beginnings are like the many threads of my life crocheted together looking much like ugly ducklings. However once fused together, form the beautiful basis of my world. Finishing with beads, baubles and more represent the many blessings and people in my life and because of them, the pieces become completed works.

I want people to come close to my works so that they enter my world and discover its intricacies.

When I start with a very definite idea of what I want to achieve, the fusion of the fibers seldom look exactly like what I had totally envisioned at the beginning but look better than I imagined.

I work with yarns because they are a very sensual medium that can be touched as well as seen and the different textures provide a variety of feelings.

I am intrigued by the concept of turning fiber into three-dimensional objects and love experimenting with articulated shapes while retaining the inherent softness of the material.

Majoring in art in school, I used those educated techniques to become a “cro-fusionist” artist. The design and composition of my work as well as color choices do not stem from a particular school or theory but are mostly based on instinct and my own exploration and study of my world.

But… to this I owe my floral designing. It has kept my fiber world alive.