Made
in Fairbanks Slideshow
Fiber
Works
Guest
Curator: Penny Wakefield
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selection of fiber work ranges from functional utility to decorative
wall and wearable art. The smallest beadwork pieces delight the
senses and whet the desire to have, to hold, to treasure, and
to inherit.
The ancient techniques of surface design – dyeing, painting,
stamping, discharging color from fabric, followed by piecing,
quilting and beading – result in the creation of new fabrics
for the wearable art so fashionable today. The story and wall
quilts reflect personal adaptations of old patterns and the creation
of new shapes and forms of expression.
The use of Alaska’s natural products is evident, from the
cotton boll and sheep’s wool, willow branches and birch
bark to seashells and semi-precious stones, sand liquidized into
glass rods for beads and remolded into platters and vases. The
technology developed to process natural products for use today
has allowed Fairbanks residents the freedom to create expressively.
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Fiber
objects from Made in Fairbanks.
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a list of participants from
Made in Fairbanks
Guest
Curators - read their statements:
Steve
Bouta, Developing Invention
James Brashear, Ceramics
Jean Carlo, Native
Arts
Wanda Chin, Multimedia
Peggy Ferguson, Performing
Arts
Jennifer Jolis, Food
Products
Len Kamerling, Filmmaking
John Manthei, Wood
Barry McWayne, Commercial
Photography
David Mollett, Visual
Applied Arts
Connie Page, Wood
Todd Sherman, Visual
Applied Arts
Glen Simpson, Metal
Frank Soos, Writing
Suzanne Summerville, Ph.D., Music
Penny Wakefield, Fiber
Works
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