Although my background is mainly in photography and graphic design, I have always returned to working with fiber over the years. Since the time when my grandmother, a tailor, taught me to thread a needle, fiber has been a constant in my life. Interwoven through many of life’s adventures—such as training racehorses and raising kids—has been batik, quilting, sewing, and pattern design. But it was when I discovered the amazing work of Moy Mackay that I became enraptured with felting and all its stunning possibilities.  

The complex process is satisfying on so many levels. From laying out wool (and hundreds of other fibers from printed cloth to yarn), to physicality of wet felting, then detailed needle felting, followed by machine stitching and sometimes hand stitching. I am constantly amazed how fiber, color and texture can combine to create an image so vibrant that you seem to be able to walk into it. 

Living in the gorgeous Pacific Northwest, working with the Master Gardener program, various travels, and a lifetime connection to animals has given me an abundance of subjects, all vying in my mind to come alive in the next creation. So many ideas, so little time….