Enjoy this photo article as artist friends share their work and talk about the importance of color in their art.
The Art of Whimsy
Whimsy: capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful.
Featured Artist K. Velis Turan
My pieces are quilted with “thread strokes” to add subtle color variation, texture and depth.
Featured Artist Connie Pickering Stover
I am mesmerized by the contrast between wild movement and quiet geometric shapes.
Featured Artist Susan Obrant
Colour thrives in my retinae. Nature is inspiration. To give back something new is a requirement. Each piece must be something I’ve never seen.
Featured Artist Sachiko Quinn
The foundation of each of my pieces is an intricate design created through the multiple-step wax resist method inherent to batik.
Featured Artist Dawna Ellis
What inspires me? Vintage Japanese textiles. The dimension of color and pattern they offer is unfound in Western textiles.
Featured Artist Daniel Jean-Baptiste
The place where I lived was totally surrounded with mango trees, butterflies and birds.
Featured Artist Susan Sorrell
I am always experimenting with different types of fiber/textiles, beading, painting, printmaking, and found objects.
Featured Artist Roxane Lessa
Her goals are creating relationships with interior designers and their clients to create custom textile art commissions.
Featured Artist Kevan Lunney
The circle in my work is an Enso seen in Zen Buddhist painting.
Featured Artist Virginia Greaves
Although my pieces are best admired from a viewing distance of a couple of feet, I enjoy providing special surprises for those that desire a closer inspection.
Featured Artist Wen Redmond
Wen enjoys exploring her medium, expanding its perception, and pushing boundaries to see “what if?”
Building Value in American Handmade Fine Craft
What can artists and craftspeople do today to both build value and express the value of what they love to make?
