I enjoy making wall art that engages the viewer on aesthetic, intellectual, emotional and sometimes spiritual levels.
Contact: fibrefling.contact@gmail.com
Inspiration: The power of tectonic plates. Convergence features a plate moving below another at a coastline. Hot spot represents shifting below the sea.
Techniques and materials: Raw edge machine applique using batik and hand dyed cottons. Machine quilting.
Mounted on canvas: 24 inches x 27 inches
Inspiration: Empathy for those in the path of a violent storm, nervously awaiting its arrival, or dealing with the aftermath.
Techniques and materials: Needle punched wool through cotton backing, machine applique; organza layered over; machine embroidery on top
Mounted on canvas: 12 inches x 24 inches
Inspiration: Nature’s triumph. In 1711 construction began on a huge monastery in Antigua, Guatemala. It was finished four years later, but was demolished in 1751 after a third major earthquake.
Techniques and materials: Raw edge machine applique, photo transfer, machine couching and quilting; lower border a weft Ikat from Guatemala.
Hung: 20 inches x 16 inches