Fiber Content III opens Friday and will feature the work of the following artists:
Christine Casten, Jacque Davis, Katherine Ehlmann, Jan Foulk, Shirley
Nachtrieb, Laura Saunders Kaiser, Kathleen Stratton, Leslie Uljee,
Joanne Woll
Exhibition Dates: Sept 4 - Oct 8, 2015
Opening Reception: Sept 4: 6-8pm
Juror Tracy
Deniszczuk is a well known local fiber artist whose main mediums are
felt making, both wearable and sculptural, as well as sculptural
basketry. Shemarries both of her loves in her sculptural work which
consists of felt forms surrounded by coiled basketry. She enjoys the
process of felt making from undyed wool to the final product. She dyes
her wools and silk and creates unique sculptural forms that are
thenembellished with hand stitching. She encompasses each felt form
within an undulating hard form made of coiled, hand dyed pine needles
that are hand stitched together with waxed linen thread.
Tracy
has studied felt making with world renowned felt makers such as, Mehmet
Girgic (Turkish felt maker), Sharon Costello, Martien Van Zuilen ( New
Zealand), Pam MaGregor, Katerina Mokeyeva (Russia), and Lisa Klakulak
just to name a few. Felt making has been a lifelong passion especially
using it in a sculptural form. Tracy began making felt in college where
she majored in Fine Arts with anemphasis on fiber art and a minor in
printmaking from Southern Illinois University. She continues to work in
her St. Charles, MO studio and hosts a wet felt making study group that
is a part of the Weavers’ Guild of St. Louis. She is on the exhibition
committee and jury committee for the Weavers’ Guild of St. Louis as
well. Other memberships are Surface Design Association, Missouri Fiber
Artists, and National Basketry Organization.
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218 North Main Street ~ St Charles, Missouri 63301
636-724-8313
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