Fiber artists continue to push the boundaries of the medium toward the future, continually expanding their use of materials and techniques. More and more artists are choosing fiber as their medium or are taking note of fiber techniques and borrowing them for use with other mediums. Fiber Art Now is proud to have been part of the expansion of fiber arts since our Premier Issue Fall 2011. We’ve developed the Emerging Artist Showcase to support this evolution and to give artists who have recently chosen to work in fiber, or with fiber techniques, the opportunity to have their work shown in Fiber Art Now, an international magazine for contemporary fiber art and textiles. If your work has not been selected for this showcase, consider submitting another piece for our next Emerging Artist submission opportunity. Learn more at www.fiberartnowentry.com. Please join us now in celebrating new fiber artists and their work in this Artist Showcase 2018.
CURATED BY MARCIA YOUNG
An artist has to be a little like Lewis and Clark, always exploring — C.W. MUNDY in new, uncharted directions.
JILL M. CHADEK TALIA CONNELLY Two Rivers, Wisconsin Bellevue, Washington Butterfly Mirage; 2017; merino wool fibers, upcycled My Blood is Proof They Exist: Pt One, The Separation; silk fabric, mawata silk, tussah silk fibers, wool nepps; 2018; wool, hand-dyed mohair, rayon, metallic, and transparent nuno felting; 30 x 20 x .25 in. opalescent nylon yarn; double cloth woven jacquard; 60 x 108 in.
TONI J. BROGAN KATHRYNE BOURGEOIS AMELIA S. FITCH Roxbury, New York Lorraine, Quebec Waltham, Massachusetts Tea with Leonard Cohen; 2018; merino, Corriedale, satin Complete Chaos; 2018; braided cotton rope, wool, vintage yarn, muslin, piping cord, sash cord, cotton twine, string; Headless Women Real and Imagined wool, dyed locks, satin hankies, dyed nepps, Angelina ; 2018; linen, wood, weaving, double weave, knotting, crochet, wrapping, - Anne Boleyn fibers, Berghof wool, cat claws, guitar string wires, brass embroidery floss, seed beads; embroidery, binding supplemental weaving; 46 x 32 x 1.5 in. base tripod; wet felting; 20 x 17 x 12 in. picot beading; 9 x 8 in.
26 FIBERARTNOW.NET • SPRING 2018 SPRING 2018 • FIBERARTNOW.NET 27 JESSICA GRADY Castleford, England LISA LACKEY Fragments; 2017; textiles, plastic, metal and thread including recycled and repurposed materials; hand embroidery and Maplewood, New Jersey mixed media embellishments; 20 x 20 x 4 in. 6 AV LCL; 2016; fabric, thread, and canvas; fabric collage overstitched by hand and machine; 36 x 36 in.
DONG KYU KIM Fort Lee, New Jersey LISA KLOFKORN The United Stitches; 2017; receipts (recycled thermal Alameda, California paper) and satin thread on Swiffer (microfiber); Bovine Reliquary; 2017; cardboard, book cloth, thread, handmade needle work (hand stitches); 63 x 55 in. lint, wool, magnets, metal clasp, milk tokens; book box construction built with acid free cardboard, exterior and interior covered with sewn panels, sewn pockets JESSICA LONG containing dairy “relics”; 25 x 19 x 6.75 in. Renton, Washington Queen Bee; 2017; cotton embroidery floss, cotton/linen blend fabric; hand embroidered; 10 x 10 in. 28 FIBERARTNOW.NET • SPRING 2018 CANDACE G. PRATT Portland, Oregon Alzheimer’s - A Continuum; 2017; stainless steel cable, satin ribbon and LED-lit fiber optic strands; Navajo-style HEATHER J. O’FLAHERTY weaving; 60 x 40 x 6 in. Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia Brine; 2017; reclaimed denim scraps and fabrics, embroidery floss, antique buttons, reclaimed fishing tracer line, cardboard and packing materials, marine plywood mounting, handmade paper clay, acrylic paint, varnish; handcrafted sculpt of form and tusks, loose boro-styled mending using fabric scraps for hide contours, oversized free-form embroidery stitches to create pelt; 31.49 x 31.49 x 31.49 in.
TARYN O’REILLY ANEESA S. SHAMI Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inglewood, California To Forget; 2015; upholstered lounge chair, embroidery River; 2017; used book pages and floss, window frame, polyester fabric and ribbon; sewing linen/viscose yarn; woven strips of and embroidery; 108 x 96 x 48 in. book pages; 89 x 22 x 27 in.
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