SDA Award of Excellence - 2006

The work of these artists has been recognized for surface design innovation by a judge or juror of an exhibition.

Mary Snyder Behrens

Trammel Box I, Trammel Box II, Trammel Box III

Fiber/mixed media

Each: 5.5" x 2.75" x 1"

Show: Cutting Edge

Sponsor: East End Applied Arts, Aurora, CO
Sep 8- Oct 28

Judges: Dr. Alice Zrebeic, Deana Miller, Phyllis Rider

Judy Langille

Torn Squares

Cotton, torn paper resist with thickened dyes, painted, discharged

74" x 60"
Show: Never Static Art Cloth

Sponsor: Textile Center of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
July 8 - Aug 16

Photo: Peter Jacobs

Judy Langille

Torn Form II

Cotton, torn paper resist with thickened dyes, painted, discharged

74" x 60"
Show: Art Quilts at the Sedgwick

Sponsor: Philadelphia Arts Alliance

Philadelphia, PA
April 8 - May 21

Photo: Peter Jacobs

Heidi H. Varblow

Embroidered Flowers 

Crewel embroidery, cut from original background, mounted

12" x 13" and 21" X 17"

Show: Mi Casa, Su Casa

Sponsor: Springwater Fiber Workshop and Del Ray Artisans, Alexandria, VA
March 3 - 26

Judges: Heidi Bahr, Cathie Chung

Patti Shaw

Sharon

Muslin, textile paint, hand quilted

26" x 19.5"

Show: National Juried Bead and Fiber Exhibition

Sponsor: Delaplaine Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD