A 3-dimensional wet-felted fish treated with many layers of Norwegian wool roving. A plastic resist was placed in the center of the shape about halfway through the felting process so that it could be cut to reveals the "insides" of the fish.

Felted Fantasy Fish

Sweetgrass coil basket attached to black jar lid using sinew. 

Sweetgrass Coil Basket Sewn to Recycled Jar Lid

A single twisted tree growing from the rocks on the edge of Lake Superior.

Tree by the Big Lake

A peaceful lake view in autumn, created in fibers and fabric.

Fall Reflections

A woman with three eyes looks at the viewer. Her hair is made of fabric scraps and embroidered bones. 

Set the World on Fire

A reverent llama dressed in the traditional dress of his Holiness the Dalai Lama. 

Dalai Llama

A cross-stitch embroidery price of a gray, vintage arcade cabinet. A technicolor sign at the top reads "GAMEMAN". On the screen is a distressed figure, seemingly pounding on the glass from the inside. A mysterious liquid drips from the bottom of the cabinet

GAMEMAN

Embroidery on linen using chain, back, running stitches, and french knots. There is a hole torn off to the left side. Stray threads are seen entering and exiting the opening.

The Center Will Not Hold

A wall sculpture with blue, green, and off-white cotton, linen and silk wrapped and woven around vintage lobster nets to represent water, grass and sand.


Dune Study

Two small stuffed animals made of neutrally-toned wool sit together. One wears a green silk cloak with orange trim.

Kiku and Suzu

Patchwork blue and black patterned fabrics in multiple geometric shapes, with a secret pocket in the back.

Secret Pocket

A wool tapestry of a little bird in various colors of blue, standing at the edge of the seashore.  Special tapestry technique includes color gradations created by splitting the 4-ply wool strands and re-twisting them into new color combinations to then be woven into the tapestry. 

Chirpy Little Chap

A hat of hand stitched, hand molded cotton buckram with integrated wire foundation covered in silk velvet, nylon cording, fortune pleated satin, silk Dupioni fabric, glass beaded tassels, vintage brooches, sustainably sourced and recycled antique bird of paradise milliners feathers, cut crystal stone, 

Fortune Spirol

Outlines of figures and other screenprinted fabrics are collaged together in this composition.

Family Gathering

A pine tree on a field of green with a blue sky inside of a yellow sun with a background of blue.

Tree of Life

A felt artwork with bright fluorescent hand cut abstract shapes in the center, surrounded by swirling needle felted shapes and background using muted colors and a softer focus.

Cosmic Pond

After

A quilt with beads and embroidery showing two buildings connected by a bridge.  There is a beaded spiral in the sky. 

Bridge

An embroidered picture of a mountain with brown thread on ivory background, using different stitch patterns to show different shading.

Landscape After Castle

Doubleweave line design with cotton yarn. Lines are in black with a multiple color background.  Dark, but also bright.

Look on the Bright Side

A red twined weaving reflective of a dancer. Made with cotton.

Dancer

Cartonnage Tea Mugs suggest a season of social gathering together in different forms or individual reflections at this time. Remnants were leftover patterned fabrics from making face masks.

Summer Camp Covid

A patchwork of diamond forms made by layers of encaustic and paper on handmade adobe tile.

rhombus

A monster sculpture made of fabric. Neon green fuzzy body with a round skull, purple crystals for teeth and bug eyes. 

Bug Monster 

A portrait of a friend's pet rabbit, a mixed media creation, started with a photograph, then little pieces of brightly colored fabric fused and sewn onto a contrasting diagonal background.



Mr. T. Rabbit

an embroidered hoop featuring image of white a cat. 2 hearts and a rose float above the cat. The embroider is very layered and textured. Red outlines the subject matter, on a multicolored background. 

Cat with Hearts

A piece of fabric that has a repeating pattern of irregular oval shapes. The oval shapes are white and the background of the fabric is medium-dark, soft blue. The pattern is irregular and the blue color seeps into the white oval shapes on each shape. Along each rectangle's border, there are dotted lines. 

Resist 1

An off-white vessel made of waxed linen woven around stones.

   Twisted

A macro view of a yellow iris against a complementary purple background painted in a watercolor Batik style on rice paper.

Memories of Summer

A 3 dimensional representation of a tree trump, entirely crocheted using jute twine, and stuffed with twine.

Stump

A sculpted bust of a veiled woman made from wool that looks like marble. The wind appears to be blowing the fabric against her face and the rest is billowing away from her. The veil reveals beneath the illusion of translucent folds half of her face is classicly beautiful and the other half is her skull. 

Felted Fantasy Fish, 2018

Vienna Volante