I am a studio clothmaker, trying to weave the best fabric I can for the marketplace, working with methods and dye techniques not possible in commercial production.   I particularly like the unpredictable potential  that  only  the handweaver  is  free to explore in process.

I  design  as I work,  struggling to  keep up my  own end  of the conversation with color, fiber, structure, and the constantly chiding voice of function. I use many different kinds of silk yarns in order to make the color glow, to create depth, and to record the motion of weaving. I may strike out in one direction, but the intuitive surge to vary, to respond to color with more color, takes over and the piece evolves....

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