I define myself as a fiber artist since creating my work with fiber is of paramount importance.  Utilizing the tapestry technique is also important. Tapestry allows a wide range of designs. Originally I would simply sit at the loom and begin to improvise at the loom.  Patterns and forms would emerge with no prior planning. I also only wove with wool yarn I had hand dyed using plants, minerals or bugs.

But at some point I realized that I wanted a particular color of burgundy, and to achieve that color could mean dyeing huge quantities of yarn as it wasn’t possible for me, dyeing with natural dyes, to always achieve an exact color.  It was then I discovered cotton embroidery floss with its huge range of colors. Also at this time I began to live with an architect and slowly my weavings became more and more 3 dimensional.

The first pieces were simply layered. But then they became truly 3-dimensional and were based on Sienese Renaissance paintings where the artists had rediscovered perspective. I took those paintings as a basis and recreated them in 3 dimensions.  I am also fascinated by stairs for their ability to suggest mysteries and hidden spaces. More and more my weavings have become inundated with stairs and this has complicated my life tremendously.

Here are some samples of my art work: