IN HER OWN WORDS:
I have had a lifelong love affair with handcraft. Any and all skills involving flashing fingers carrying needles/tools/fibers and fabric. In 2006, after a 36 year career as a K-Adult Educator I embarked on my second life as Tangential Fiber Montage artist.
I began with classes from Rose Hughes and the Quilters' Studio in art and traditional quilting, and since I enjoy creating one of a kind appliques for purses, wearable art, and art quilts I am always exploring how to combine kumihimo, knitting, crocheting, beading, felting, doll-making, embroidery/stitching, and fabric arts into art montages.
Many of these montages make their way onto my husband's special 'travel vests'. He has greatly influenced my art and retirement, and is himself a world traveler. Plans for each of his trips begin by him requesting a new personalized 'travel vest' for each country he visits. Each vest features a hand chain stitched motif reflecting the culture he will be visiting. We are at 6 and counting! The Blue Thunder Dragon of Bhutan is my favorite. The Orangutan vest is due by his departure for Malaysia in July 2010. My own travels with him inspired the quilt art piece that will be part of Rose's new book.
You can take the teacher out of the classroom, but you can't take the teaching out of the teacher. I love working with adult students in the arts of kumihimo and hand stitched machine appliques for wearable art, and I invite you to visit my website and blog to see photos and bloggy thoughts.
4 comments:
Thanks, Rose. What a great write-up! It is hard to wait for the June unveiling of your new book. You are a fabulous mentor, and I thank you a thousand fold for all your help and encouragement.
Right back at you Analee, thank you for being part of the new book and always having some wonderful new 'to me' way of needling up yarns & thread into fun embellishment opportunities.
I love the koala quilt Analee. It makes me want to pet its ears.
Lynn Thompson
I really LOVE your animal pieces! I am quite the animal lover and these are truly beautiful and the animals look so real! Great job!
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