Artisan statement 2024

Fiber artisan

I was introduced to pre-spun fibers in my teens and found my life long fascination of the yarns. The agent to accomplish my creativity is the age old traditional tools that goes back centuries. 

In my learning process; I tirelessly immersed myself in the study of stitches and how using different colors, sizes of pre-spun fibers and unequal sizes of hooks would evoke different effects. Innovating with many fibre techniques from ancient to contemporary and beyond

Having the ability to manipulate the pre-spun fiber using anything from first fibre to deconstructed fibre and everything in between into a fabric via twisting and turning of the yarns for many, many years lead me to taking an elevated path still using the elements I have used for several decades but with a twist. 

The path was to felt wool yarns, still using the above educated tools. This added a complexity I had been looking for and in 2000 changed my trajectory to the felting of my chosen artistic path. 

This was attempted in many hand crafted fiber mediums but was discarded because of the uncertainty of its outcome and its complexity –  this is what drives me everyday.