MFA Exhibit at Forest Hills Fine Arts Center

 

Mayfield Fiber Arts Group (MFA) of Grand Rapids will have a fiber art exhibit at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, 600 Forest Hill Ave, SE, Grand Rapids MI 49546 from February 14 - March 14, 2024.  

Artists' Reception is Friday, Feb. 16 from 6-7:30pm.  

The exhibit includes textile work by Sue Clarke, Lin Culver, Joan Duggan, Kathy Forzley, Jennifer Gould, Marilyn Greenlee, Elaine Hengen, Linda Ippel, Cyndi Len, Kim McDermott, Eileen Urbanski, and Linda Walburn.  Pieces include both 2-D and 3-D forms in felting, quilting, textile figures and dolls, knitting, and embroidered collages. The Exhibit gallery hours are Monday-Friday 8am-5pm ONLY.  

For more information, contact Jennifer Gould at jgould1526@gmail.com.

My pieces are all tall freestanding dolls.  This first piece at the left is FOREST WOMAN 2 IN BLUE LEAVES, 18.5" tall, collaged and embroidered leaf shapes of painted and arashi shibori indigo dyed cotton, leaf shapes cut from orinui stitched and indigo dyed silk organza, beaded to corded tubes; needle-sculpted face and articulated hands.

PISCES WOMAN 26 WITH SHIMMERING BLUE FISH, 18.5" tall, deconstructed screen printed cotton knit, embroidered, needle-sculpted face and articulated hands.

FOREST WOMAN 3 WITH BROWN LEAVES, 17" tall, eco-printed silk and wool (by Julia Voake), collaged leaf shapes, embroidered, Nuno Co. face, beaded.

FOREST WOMAN 4 WITH GRAY PURPLE LEAVES, 15"tall, eco-printed silk and linen (by Julia Voake), collaged leaf shapes, embroidered, Nuno Co. face, red twig dogwood.

Detail of piece below.

WOMAN HOLDING A BOX 2, 22" tall, handprinted synthetics, beaded, embroidered, corded tubes, needle-sculpted face, articulated hands.

Woman in Green Leaves from 2018 which I redid.  

Green Woman is a very tall 27" with deconstructed screen printed cotton knit which has also been discharged (color removed), and embroidered.

 And a close-up of her face.

Woman in a Cold Winter is also tall.