Artist Statement
I have been a crafter, designer and handy woman since I can remember. Early on in my teens I started to use a sewing machine and now years later I find myself using it in a different way to make bowls, baskets, buckets and purses out of cotton rope. In becoming one with my industrial sewing machine, which has the speed of a race car and strengths of a truck, I create soft, flexible fiber art that is strong and stiff enough to hold all kind of imaginable goods.
The cotton cord is coiled and stitched together with a zigzag stitch on my industrial sewing machine. I use an embroidery Polyneon thread that gives it a beautiful sheen complementing the matt cotton cord. All my products are made from 100% raw weeping cotton cord which is manufactured in the United States.
Every aspect of design and completion of the product is done solely by me at my home studio in Sequim, WA. No two items are the same since each is a handmade vessel with its own character.
With each vessel, I'm bringing form and function to design driven consumers, giving their small and large treasures a soft place in the work, play, and live environment.
I have been a crafter, designer and handy woman since I can remember. Early on in my teens I started to use a sewing machine and now years later I find myself using it in a different way to make bowls, baskets, buckets and purses out of cotton rope. In becoming one with my industrial sewing machine, which has the speed of a race car and strengths of a truck, I create soft, flexible fiber art that is strong and stiff enough to hold all kind of imaginable goods.
The cotton cord is coiled and stitched together with a zigzag stitch on my industrial sewing machine. I use an embroidery Polyneon thread that gives it a beautiful sheen complementing the matt cotton cord. All my products are made from 100% raw weeping cotton cord which is manufactured in the United States.
Every aspect of design and completion of the product is done solely by me at my home studio in Sequim, WA. No two items are the same since each is a handmade vessel with its own character.
With each vessel, I'm bringing form and function to design driven consumers, giving their small and large treasures a soft place in the work, play, and live environment.