Dobby Woven Wall Hangings – mixed fibers combined with fulled (sometimes called felted) wool, mounted on silk squares, 8″ x 8″ each, 2010 The inspiration for this group was a collection of digitally designed Dobby loom woven sample squares that were accidentally washed and shrunk into 3D forms – Several of these pieces have been […]
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Mixed fiber hand crochet flowers forms with machine and hand knitted stems and composite vases, 2009 Shown at Metaphoric Fibers: Knit & Crochet, Textile Center of MN, Minneapolis, MN 2010
One-of-a-kind handbags, featuring original textile samples woven on a dobby loom. Sizes range from 6-7″ high x 6-8″ wide and 2″ deep, 2008
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Civil War Ballgown made from American Army camouflage – bodice and skirt and hand sewn glass beaded armor, made for a contemporary Civil War Ball as a war protest, 2008.
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Nada Dress – Nada Hammada designed the monogram that inspired this dress. In Qatar, where I made this dress, pattern is everywhere. I learned that horoufiya is an Arabic word that refers to art using abstract alphabet forms. Arabic monograms, abstract intertwining letters of a name, inspired me to make knitted dresses with two-color letter
Nancy Tabard, Bustier and Skirt – The motif in the top of this dress is my mother’s name spelled in Arabic, knitted in mohair and a shiny rayon yarn for textural contrast. The patterned top is in the shape of an historical garment called a tabard. The skirt is machine-knitted, hand-crocheted and hand-sewn. The bustier
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Eyelash Dress – The exciting part of machine knitting is that it greatly expands design possibilities. Instead of being limited by fabrics that can be purchased, one can create an original fabric while concurrently building a garment. The purpose of the Eyelash Dress was to explore color mixing, color relationships, layering and texture in this
Solar Plexus Dress – While in graduate school at RISD studying Textiles, I learned how to go with ”the process”, and see where it took me. This dress was started using gold wool crepe yarn and thrum, the throwaway multicolored cut-off end strips from a jacquard loom. While crocheting a large circle, I incorporated the
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Meandering Path Dress – While in graduate school at RISD studying Textiles, I was motivated by a newly-learned technique of using “short rows” on a hand-manipulated knitting machine, which created a pattern of bumps and holes in the fabric. While attempting to knit a scarf, an error in the process created a long curved piece
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