
Hand-bound art book
Artist: Kayli StaubusHand-bound art book featuring handmade recycled paper (art paper scraps, coffee chaff, jute fibers) in a long-stitch binding.
Hand-bound art book featuring handmade recycled paper (art paper scraps, coffee chaff, jute fibers) in a long-stitch binding.
Creative stitching technique used during her 100 day stitching journey.
Sample from a felt color theory course (18” x 12”)
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with 8/2 cotton and scrap fabric.
Yarn for this project was handspun and then hand-dyed with goldenrod found along the roadside and indigo grown by Donna.
Handwoven on a backstrap loom with cotton yarn.
Houndstooth pattern woven on a rigid heddle loom.
Made with wool strips on linen, (35” x 26”).
Made from 1/4 inch cotton braided rope hand wrapped with 100% cotton fabric. The bowl is started with a coil and then sewn with a zigzag stitch on a sewing machine.
Krokbragd wall hanging woven on a rigid heddle loom. The main motifs I used, besides the sea, were three from the place in northern Norway where my great-grandfather came from: the boat sheds, church, and iconic mountain range, the Seven Sisters.
Made from repurposed felt, fabric, beads, and buttons.
Table runner woven on floor loom with 8/2 cotton and cottolin (60 inches long), Summer and Winter pattern.
Created for her very first juried Arts Festival on Lake of the Woods, Canada.
Clasped weft pattern woven on a rigid heddle loom.
Made from repurposed fabric and wool sweaters.
Handspun on an espinner with merino wool, silk, and bamboo.
Lace shawl made from handspun alpaca with glass, copper, and clay beads.
Book made with handwoven fabric cover and spine (rigid heddle and inkle looms).
Handwoven with rya technique on a handmade warp weighted loom.
The Fiber Flag project showcases the many forms of fiber art made by our DFG members. These 9” square flags were displayed at 50th Anniversary events before finding a final home in the DFG Studio. The linen flag backings are reclaimed tablecloth fabric and were strung together with crocheted cotton trim rescued from an estate sale.
3/2 cotton houndstooth patterned napkins, woven on a rigid heddle loom.
The chair seat and back of this chair were woven with cane.
The Fiber Flag project showcases the many forms of fiber art made by our DFG members. These 9” square flags were displayed at 50th Anniversary events before finding a final home in the DFG Studio. The linen flag backings are reclaimed tablecloth fabric and were strung together with crocheted cotton trim rescued from an estate sale.
The Fiber Flag project showcases the many forms of fiber art made by our DFG members. These 9” square flags were displayed at 50th Anniversary events before finding a final home in the DFG Studio. The linen flag backings are reclaimed tablecloth fabric and were strung together with crocheted cotton trim rescued from an estate sale.
The Fiber Flag project showcases the many forms of fiber art made by our DFG members. These 9” square flags were displayed at 50th Anniversary events before finding a final home in the DFG Studio. The linen flag backings are reclaimed tablecloth fabric and were strung together with crocheted cotton trim rescued from an estate sale.
Here is a picture of me in an ice dyed robe that is handmade ( sewn, not woven) cotton. The technique is ice dyeing using Procion dyes: the material is scrunched, then ice and powdered dye applied over the top, such that the ice melting dissolves the dyes.