I live in Mendocino, on the Northern California coast, just a short walk from the rugged headlands and beaches or the redwood forest where I often go for inspiration and awe. With my husband, a cabinetmaker and luthier, I live in a house we built together, including a shop for him, and a studio space for me.
Growing up in Southern California, I was fortunate to take classes in art, printmaking, sewing and jewelry making in high school in the 1970’s. I went on to study art in college at UC Santa Cruz, then at a program at the Mendocino Art Center followed by the first year of the Textile Apprenticeship Program at the Mendocino Art Center, where I developed my passion for tapestry. I pursued tapestry weaving and painting for a few years before taking a break to raise two children, working as a bookkeeper, then getting back into tapestry for the last decade.
I work on a 45” counterbalance floor loom using either linen or cotton as a warp and primarily wool weft. I love creating the actual structure of my work; starting from basic materials, dressing the loom, choosing materials, the many days and weeks of weaving, then the final finishing of a tapestry.
Growing up in Southern California, I was fortunate to take classes in art, printmaking, sewing and jewelry making in high school in the 1970’s. I went on to study art in college at UC Santa Cruz, then at a program at the Mendocino Art Center followed by the first year of the Textile Apprenticeship Program at the Mendocino Art Center, where I developed my passion for tapestry. I pursued tapestry weaving and painting for a few years before taking a break to raise two children, working as a bookkeeper, then getting back into tapestry for the last decade.
I work on a 45” counterbalance floor loom using either linen or cotton as a warp and primarily wool weft. I love creating the actual structure of my work; starting from basic materials, dressing the loom, choosing materials, the many days and weeks of weaving, then the final finishing of a tapestry.
