Passion Flower

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

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

This piece was created by fulling teal blue wool by agitating it in hot water, then over dyeing it by first tightly wrapping a covering over it that allowed the original color to remain while the exposed sections had color removed, then dyeing in the rust color that forms the grid patterning.  The wood frame was painted copper with a border made of three strands of yarn, some with metallic and sequin highlights.

Tiles

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

Tree by the Big Lake

An original pattern of a unicorn handcrafted throughout created from 100% cotton print fabric with polyester fill toy-decorative accessory.

Carrie's Unicorn

A rounded box rimmed with white porcupine quills and decorated with colored porcupine quills that are in the shapes of flowers with leaves, stems and vines.

Waabigwanii-gitigaan (A Flower Garden)

A needle felted anthropomorphic sculpture of a raven wearing a gold crown, inside the raven's body a miniature scene of a swan under a night sky.

The Story Within

a basket made with warm colors and geometric design

Hampar's basket

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

Family Gathering

Three balls made of wool yarn that has floral patterns and bees.

Singlade Bollar Floral Bees

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

An abstract art quilt inspired by the rocks, sky, and sea of the black sand beach at Reynisdrangar, Iceland.

Black Sand Beach-Reynisdrangar

A flowing organic, intertwining, fuzzy vessel made of needle felted natural MN alpaca fiber.

2020 In A Clamshell

A hand embroidered tree trunk in shades of brown with light blue lichen on the trunk.

Tree Trunk with Lichen

An installation of a hand woven rainbow stretched out between two, red light stands near a window as sunlight comes through the blinds. 

Untitled (rainbow #1) light stands

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

Secret Pocket

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

Sweetgrass coil basket attached to black jar lid using sinew. 

Sweetgrass Coil Basket Sewn to Recycled Jar Lid

old tennis shoe covered in fabric and trim

tennis shoe renewed

Cross stitch design, Black Lives Matter. A piece made to promote awareness and solidarity. 


Minneapolis 20/20

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 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

Silk organza in a multitude of patterns and colours (greens, oranges, brown, gold, violet, and blue), cut in small rectangles stitched together with layered pieces one atop the other.

Mikan in the Mountains in Autumn

A black quilt square of cotton fabric with a red three-headed dragon embroidered in the center

Targaryen sigil

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 small, three dimensional wall sculpture.  Digital embroidery in peach and light blue threads with 3 beads.  It appears to float off the wall.

Parallelogram

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

Memories of Summer

Digital image of vintage watchstraps with sterling silver watch faces as reminder to live in the moment. 
Two of an ongoing body work of Time Pieces by Camille Hempel. 

Time Pieces for Being Present 

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

Passion Flower, 2020

Mary Brady