I enjoy connecting to other fiber artists, galleries or stores interested in carrying art to wear. My work is available at Handwoven Originals, Santa Fe, NM; Ammann Gallery, Taos, NM; Artemisia Art to Wear, Taos, NM; Pursuits, Pennsylvania PA.
Artist's Statement: The artist's job is to help people develop an awareness of our connected reality. I create wearable art as a contribution to our connection to one another. When we examine how cloth is made, we see a connection "unfolding"... Plant or silkworm is connected to weaver and mill. Weaver and mill is connected to seamstress. Seamstress, weaver and mill are connected to marketplace, and so forth; until cloth finds it's home with someone... Using juxtapositions of color, line, texture and shape; the artist reveals an alternative viewpoint.. Like an open window letting in fresh air, we breathe in our connection to the beauty in the world. While realizing beauty, people transform their attitude in a positive way. Thinking positively, each person then contributes to a collective civilized mindstream. In this way, art is an urgent necessity.
Location: Taos, New Mexico, USA
Blog: Improv Cloth
Memberships: Slow Cloth
Languages spoken: English
Hand Painted Top by Laura Quilligan
Tags: Hand painted, related editions, hand dyed, accessories, art to wear, clothing
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“Drive a nail home and clinch it so faithfully that you can wake up in the night and think of your work with satisfaction,- a work at which you would not be ashamed to invoke the Muse”
-Henry David Thoreau
In our case, it would be the needle or other fiber tool. Drive it home! And, we all thank you for your words, left here to these good folks. Invoke your Muse!