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

Tree by the Big Lake

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

Landscape After Castle

backdrop of a white canvas 2 objects made of cotton cording covered with recycled denim are placed equidistant. Left object is black denim covered cording in an imperfect straight line , the cotton cording is peaking Out of the bottom. Right object is a range of blues and black cording jumbled in a series of knots and tangles with both end exposing the cotton cording.

2 Paths to Growth Vol 2

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

rhombus

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

Stump

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)

experimentation with color, design, fabric, stitch.

Journey Through Stitch

Passion Flower

This is a series of heads with curly hair- all made out of sheep’s wool. Some of the wool is naturally curly. The wool was dyed in different colors and formed into the heads and hair. These are hanging on a pine tree trig to give it its three-dimensional form. 

Curly Heads

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

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

Secret Pocket

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

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

Parallelogram

The design for this bag was inspired by the subway system in Stockholm, Sweden and pulls the color palette of pastel salmon, lavender, mint and white found in the Morby Centrum underground station. This piece is a handcrafted reversible leather backpack, with diagonal pastel stripes on one side, connecting to the opposite side where the stripes are horizontal. Above the horizontal stripes showcases the architectural insignia logo for the Minneapolis based minimal leather goods brand, Montgomery Collection. This drawstring backpack cinches at the top and includes details of the stripes on one side of the pull strings. The interior is lined in grey suede, soft to the touch and will protect all of your belongings held inside. Worn on either the diagonal or horizontal side, this backpack is a functional piece of art.

Montgomery Collection No.070.3 Backpack

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

Black Sand Beach-Reynisdrangar

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

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

Bug Monster 

a basket made with warm colors and geometric design

Hampar's basket

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

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

Carrie's Unicorn

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


Minneapolis 20/20

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

After

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

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

Dancer

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

Family Gathering

Capricorn Goat hand tooled and textured in leather with constellation in a blue black sky.

Determination 

Sweetgrass coil basket attached to black jar lid using sinew. 

Tree by the Big Lake, 2019

Lisa Berg