Fiber Art Now – Winter 2024
- 96 pages
- Printed in the USA
- Single issues are now available to purchase.
The winter 2024 issue of Fiber Art Now is the perfect way to start the new year. Learn about one artist’s balancing act to keep her business alive and how another artist works to keep her heritage alive. We revisit a couple of artists from previous issues to see what they’ve been up to and discover how another artist’s change of perspective changed her art. And the Excellence in Fibers IX exhibition offers an awe-inspiring mix of everything from unique vessels to soaring installations. The stories are enticing, and the art will astound you. It is not to be missed!
FEATURED ARTISTS: Liz Collins | Orly Genger | Emily Hunt | Megan Mosholder | Garvi Rathod | Heidi Rugg | Margo Selby | Heather Ujiie | Delaney MeSun Shin | Michelle Schwengel |
JURIED ARTISTS: Natale Adgnot |
Agusta Agustsson | Jjenna Hupp Andrews | Patti Barker | Linda Barlow | Amy Beeler |
Pattie Beerens | Toni Best |
Jolie Bird + Gordon Skilling |
Beth Blankenship | Eszter Bornemisza |
Michele Brody | Wendy Bruce | Jen Cable |
Liz Cash | Cael Chappell | Chui Ching-Ting | Charline Collette | Deborah Csongradi |
Eliza Day-Green | Lily Hope | Trish Johnson | Jane Kidd | Kathy Knapp | Irene Koroluk | Bernie Leahy | Fannie Lee |
Alexandra Kirsch Martin |
Valerie Masur-Flanagan | Mika Obayashi | Louise Pappageorge | Candace Pratt |
Joh Ricci | Jess Self | Virginia Sperry |
Andrea Spiridonakos | Janet Tsakis |
Amy Usdin | July Weiss | Peggy Wiedemann |
FEATURED ARTISTS: Liz Collins | Orly Genger | Emily Hunt | Megan Mosholder | Garvi Rathod | Heidi Rugg | Heather Ujiie | Michelle Schwengel | Margo Selby | Delaney MeSun Shin |
JURIED ARTISTS: Natale Adgnot | Agusta Agustsson | Jjenna Hupp Andrews | Patti Barker | Linda Barlow | Amy Beeler | Pattie Beerens | Toni Best | Jolie Bird + Gordon Skilling | Beth Blankenship | Eszter Bornemisza | Michele Brody | Wendy Bruce | Jen Cable | Liz Cash |
Cael Chappell | Chui Ching-Ting | Charline Collette | Deborah Csongradi | Eliza Day-Green | Lily Hope | Trish Johnson | Jane Kidd |
Kathy Knapp | Irene Koroluk | Bernie Leahy | Fannie Lee | Alexandra Kirsch Martin | Valerie Masur-Flanagan | Mika Obayashi |
Louise Pappageorge | Candace Pratt | Joh Ricci | Jess Self | Virginia Sperry | Andrea Spiridonakos | Janet Tsakis | Amy Usdin | July Weiss | Peggy Wiedemann |
Issue Preview
Excellence in Fibers IX
From vessels to wearables to towering installations and more, the artwork in our Excellence in Fibers IX print exhibition has something for everyone. Colorful, enlightening, inspiring. The art truly lives up to the term excellence.
Featured Artist
Once upon a time is how a lot of good stories begin, and Liz Collins’s story is no exception. Learn how Collins went from creating fashionable knitwear to designing unique artwork and installations by approaching knitting from an artist’s perspective.
Art Business
In our Business column, artist Margo Selby shares how she built her business by keeping the loom at the center of everything. Learn about the balancing act she’s involved in to keep her business thriving.
Then and Now
Heather Ujiie’s trademark technique combines analog and digital tools to create her large-scale fabric panels and sculptural figurative works. Her process involves many steps, and the results are remarkable and captivating. Read all about it in our “Then and Now” feature.
Process Column
Artist Orly Genger creates long thick strips of crochet for her large, site-specific installations. Discover her intriguing ties to the fishing industry.
Emerging Artist
Our emerging artist grant was awarded to Delaney MeSun Shin. Paper is her fiber of choice, and she will use the grant monies to further connect her heritage to her art.
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Dianne Firth