Color in Suspended Form: Orange/Red
Dimensions: 17’Wx19’Hx3’D, 4 panels
Commission: Bellemeade of Michigan
Northfield Hills Corporate Center Lobby, Troy, MI
My early works were inspired by the abstract expressionism of Mark Rothko’s color fields. My forte and interest is the interplay of color in space. I eventually distilled my work of textural color fields down to stripes.
My formal art training was in fine art—watercolor, to be specific. I studied fiber design with a master of weaving and worked as an apprentice in a professional weaving studio. I opened my own weaving studio in northern California, where I began executing large-scale site-specified fiber sculptures and eventually ranked in the country’s top 2% of commission fiber artists.
Executing large-scale commissions involves collaboration and mutual respect between architects, project managers, construction supervisors, art committees, and the general public.
The fiber sculptures were woven on a Cranbrook 6′ countermarch loom using a 10/5 linen warp and Swedish woolen yarns. Sheet acrylic is drilled and heat-formed; I then thread the warp into the formed acrylic, which shapes the pieces. The sculptures are hung from the ceiling and spotlit to project shadows of the warp and form.
Check out my portfolio below.
Dimensions: 13’Wx8’Hx1’D, 5 panels
Media: wool & linen yarns, sheet acrylic.
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
State-wide competition awarded unanimously by The Commission on Art in Public Places, State of MI.
Dimensions: 9’Wx9’Hx10’D
In the collection of Shaw.Walker Muskegon, MI
Dimensions: 8’Wx7.5’Wx1’D 5 Panels
Media: wool & linen yarns, sheet acrylic
Commissioned for the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Gallery
Arbury Fine Arts Center. Saginaw Valley State University, MI
Cream/travertine – detail
Dimensions: 12’Wx23’Hx3’D 4 Panels
Media: wool & linen yarns, sheet acrylic, anodized aluminum rods.
Award Commission: Madison Heights Office Center, Madison Hts., MI
Spatial Stripes: Blue/gray
Dimensions: 12’Wx23’Hx3’D, 4 Panels.
Media: wool & linen yarns, sheet acrylic, anodized aluminum rods.
Award Commission: Madison Heights Office Center, Madison Hts., MI
Dimensions: 14’Wx17’Hx4’D, 4 Panels
Michigan Bell Telephone Computer Center, Southfield Michigan
Suspended Forms: Red/Fuchsia
Dimensions: 14’Wx17’Hx4’D, 4 Panels
Michigan Bell Telephone Computer Center
Southfield Michigan
Unity Church Commission & Reconfigured for New Site
Unity Church Commission
20’Wx9’Hx2’D, 8 Panels, Church of Today, Sanctuary
Warren, Michigan
Reconfiguration of Sanctuary piece for Gathering Room
Red/burgundy
(Reconfiguration of Sanctuary piece for Gathering Room)
Church of Today, Sanctuary
Warren, Michigan
Residential Commissions
Cream/gray
Dimensions: 8’Wx9’Hx2’D
3 Panels on curved wall
Media: Wool & linen yarns, Spanish rayon, heat-formed sheet acrylic
Fiber sculpture commission:
Chapa Residence
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Early Fiber Sculpture Works
