Emily Sullivan Smith
Casting Nets of Futility, 2017-2018
Hand knotted fishing nets, hand dyed cotton / bamboo yarn, steel containers 103” x 1.5” x variable
Norrie MacIlraith
Crescendo, 2023
Hand painted background on cotton; wet felting; needle felting; embroidery threads; beading; couching yarns. 20" x 96" with 6" felting extending over edges.
Fafnir Adamites
Insight That Accrues, 2017
Abaca paper pulp, cotton string variable
Melissa Dorn
Fem-utility Closet: Tawney, 2025
Mop, latch hook canvas, industrial felt, wood, canvas, fabric, acrylic, stones, and found ottomans 11 feet x 8 feet 7 inches x 4 feet
Heather Baumbach
Corpus Femina, 2021
Hand dyed cotton, linen, embroidery thread, batting 58"x46"x10"
Gabi Mett
Martha, 2022
fabric, threads, felt, cardboard box, earth pigments, 14x10,5x4,5cm
Charlotte Schmid-Maybach
Positively Fourth Street Bridge, 2022
Sewn archival pigment prints on kozo paper, thread, found metal objects 70" x 55"
BJ Adams
OLD SEWING MACHINE, 2020
thread on wool fabric and red cotton fabric 13 by 9 inches, approximate
Rachelle LeBlanc
Ocean, 2020
Hand-hooked cashmere, wool on linen, 3" wool binding. 79" x 64"
Eileen Braun
Knit Paper Vessel, 2024
Factory discard dressmaker pattern tissue paper innovative, self-directed explorations of thoughtfully selected materials—porcelain, reed, rubber, encaustic wax, aluminum screen, fiber, reclaimed post-consumer discard, and foil gilding—used in unconventional applications. She challenges the boundaries of what should be included in an artist’s toolkit, reimagining materials for her new purposes. Her latest work involves knitting dressmaker’s pattern tissue accented with gilding foil, which she transforms into large tapestries and vessels with undulating, intricate surfaces. Recently, Ms. Braun gained international recognition for combining the contrasting materials of rattan reed—a traditional basket-making material—and rubber, commonly found in construction. The unexpected fusion of these elements results in sculptures that exude personality and movement. Since 2019, Ms. Braun has been exploring the potential of the pattern tissue, initially using it to texture surfaces and encase her reed forms. By 2023, she embraced the material as her primary medium, knitting fragile 4-inch-wide strips with no tool other than her fingers, that in close inspection reveal the tissue’s inked patterns and instructions. By juxtaposing the undervalued mundane factory waste tissue with precious gold gilding foil, Braun challenges social norms, traditional notions of value and materiality, undervalued labor in the sewing industry, and the preciousness of gold. In these works, the tissue gains new life and value. The large scale of these knitted constructs twists its use from unseen to the forefront. Ms. Braun sees in the finished draped gullies and peaks a reference to natural
Ayn Hanna
LineScape #36 (Bridges), 2014
artist hand-dyed cotton fabrics, cotton batting, cotton stitching 42 x 69 inches
Rachel Walker
Visions at the Homeschool Craft Fair, 2025
Thread, Antique Buttons, Hemp Twine, Gouache, Acrylic and Watercolor on Found Fabric 30” x 42”
Gwen Samuels
Front and Center and All Around, 2024
Transparency, Wire, Thread, Bed Spring 20" x 23" x 9"
Carole Baillargeon
Resilient No.26, 2017
Plier, synthetic foam, felted wool, safety pins, fixing bracket, wood, screws 27 x 18 x 7,5 cm
May Kytonen
In the Fabric of Space and Time, 2019
wax resist dyed canvas 6’ x 10’ x 3’
Ahna Packard
Figures in red and blue, 2017
Acrylic on canvas 24 3/4"x 36 1/2"
Galadriel Breezy
Baby Dragon, 2012
Cotton Fabric, lace, metal and sequin beads 12”X21”
Judy Langille
How the Light Gets In I, 2023
Silk organza painted with natural dyes, hand stitched 19"h x 15"w
Victoria Smits
A Softer You, 2024
Hand-stitched diminutive outlines of artist’s father’s tools made from avocado-dyed cheesecloth, cotton thread, used dryer-sheets (includes needle-nose pliers, c-clamp, adjustable pliers, hammer, needle-nose pliers with wire cutter, wrench, Phillips screwdriver, putty knife) various sizes
