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| I gain great enjoyment gathering and using natural materials in my work. Working with the elements of nature brings me to a place of peace and a feeling of connection with basket, gourd and pottery makers across cultures, continents and centuries. These arts have been with mankind since the dawn of time. I find it comforting to know that even in this world of cutting edge technology; all basketry is still made by hand. No machine can make a basket. |
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| Show / Exhibits / Events – selected
2008 Forms in Wood and Fiber, Mingei International Museum , San Diego, CA, juried California Dreaming, California Fibers at Convergence 2008, Leepa Rattner Museum, Tarpon Springs, FL, juried California Fibers: Natural Forces, Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego CA, Juried San Diego County Fair, Fine Arts Exhibition, Del Mar CA, juried 2007 Eclectic Fibers, The Gallery at Mohave Community College, Lake Havasu City AZ, invitational The Art of Basketry, National Basketry Organization Exhibit, The Fine Art Center, Bascom-Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC, invitational 43rd annual MEA/MAEA Art Acquisitions Exhibition, juried, East Lansing, MI Misti Washington Gourd & Basket Guild exhibition, Quail Botanical Gardens, Encinitas CA, 2007 2006 San Diego County Fair, Fine Arts Exhibition, Del Mar CA, juried 2005 Fibers in Paradise Showcase, Association of Southern California Handweavers Conference, 2005, Escondido, CA, juried 2004 Traditional Craft – Contemporary Art, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH, juried Beyond Warp and Weft, Cannon Gallery, Carlsbad CA, juried Low Altitude / High Attitude: California Fibers at Convergence 2004, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, juried 2003 Elemental Fibers, California Fibers, La Jolla Fiber Arts Gallery, La Jolla CA Contemporary Baskets by Southern California Artists, LAX Bradley International Terminal, Los Angeles CA, invitational Telephone: Artists Connecting to Artists, La Jolla Fiber Arts Gallery, La Jolla CA, invitational, catalog 2002 Basketry: Cross Currents, Convergence 2002, Vancouver BC, juried California Fibers at Convergence, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver BC, juried 2001 Celebration of American Basketry, Amana Colonies, Iowa, juried Outside the Box, California Fibers, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos CA, juried 2000 Basketry Turning Points, Convergence 2000, Cincinnati Ohio, juried Continuing The Exceptional Vessel: Baskets & Beyond III, IV, and V, La Jolla Fiber Arts Gallery, La Jolla CA, invitational Basket as Art III, IV, V and VI Harmony Works, Redondo Beach CA, juried |
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Association of Michigan Basketmakers exhibit, Grand Rapids & Traverse City, MI, juried
Association of Southern California Handweavers: 2005
California Gourd Society, III, IV, V, and VI, Welburn’s Gourd Farm, Fallbrook CA, juried
Textile Forum, 3/2003: “Chinese Whispers”
The San Diego Union Tribune, Saturday, November 19, 2005: A Class Apart: Knotting
The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 8, 2003: Baskets from the Heart
The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 27, 2000: Carlsbad Crafter works with ‘Canvas’ Straight From the Vine
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- Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI: MA - Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI: BS - Workshops with: Judy Abrams, Nancy Moore-Bess, John Garrett, Polly Jacobs Giacchina, Mary Hettmansperger, Flo Hoppe, Grace Kabel, Patti Lechman, Kari Lonning, Judy Mulford, John McQuire, Marilyn Moore, Jane Sauer, Cass Schorse, Polly Adams Sutton, Don Weeke and Jiro Yonezawa & Willie Ziegler |
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Jolla FiberArts, La Jolla, California |
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Brandon Fine Arts Gallery, Fallbrook CA |
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