Fiber Art by Kathy Verner Moulton, Mary Noren, Phyllis
Schmidt and Holly Underwood
May 20th-June 12th
Reception May 20th,
6-9 p.m.
Artists Talk 7 P.M.
Featuring Art Quilts, Stuffed Magical Creatures, Textile Portrait Dolls,
Featuring Art Quilts, Stuffed Magical Creatures, Textile Portrait Dolls,
Embroidery Art and
Hand Crafted Rugs.
Four Fiber Artists with an insatiable need to make things
“All through my life
my need to create has driven me. No matter what else I was doing, I had to have
some piece of artwork in progress,” Kathy Verner Moulton
“In my teens, I
started sewing with my grandmother,” Mary Noren
“Making things truly helps me stay sane.
Bringing to life the creative ideas in my head brings me simple happiness like
nothing else can.” Holly Underwood
“For me it's fun, a
way to play.” Phyllis Schmidt
These artists, create art to give to
friends and family as gifts, to decorates their homes, to remake something old
into something new. They are driven to make things: to surround themselves and
their loved ones with handmade items that fill a need in a personal way, to
repurpose something broken into something useful, to shun mass produced
products in favor of one-of-a-kind gems.
Holly Underwood
learned to
embroider and sew from her mother and grandmother. She still has the
cross-stitch she did at about age 10. In the over three decades since, she has
branched out to quilting by machine and by hand, embroidery of various kinds
including hardanger and sashiko, making curtains and clothes, and toys and
masks for her son. Her current favorite upcycled materials are felted wool
sweaters and t-shirt yarn. Though she has dabbled in other types of crafting
such as paper making, mosaics and candle making, for her it always comes back
to needles, thread and fabric. You can visit Holly at her page Tinkerman's Daughter.
Mary Noren
is inspired by vintage fabrics, bold colors
and quirky motifs. She designs and creates clothing, costumes, quilts,
creatures, wall hangings and toys. Her pieces are often playfully
whimsical.
She runs a
sewing school in Yellow Springs called the Mad Hatter Sewing Studio.
For Kathy
Verner Moulton
“Needle and thread became familiar tools in high school when
what we wore was so-o-o important. You had to know how to change your regular
jeans into hip-huggers, cutting and sewing back the waistband and tucking in
the extra zipper. These skills came in handy during the leanest years of early
marriage, doing free-lance sewing for a living. Later sewing became quilts and
wall hangings both traditional and nontraditional using my character designs.”
Her series of “Yellow Springers” dolls
began as a gag gift for a Christmas Party, each has his/her own pair of
handmade “Ghirkenstomp”sandals.
NOTE: To see Kathy's POWA! Interview please visit here.
Phyllis
Schmidt's
background is in Design. Her work now focuses on the decorative
arts, creating colorful whimsical art out of bits and pieces from
different media.
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The YSAC Community
Gallery is at 111 Corry St. in Yellow Springs Ohio
Reception: May 20th,
6-9 p.m.
Artists Talk 7 P.M. Refreshments will be offered