About Laura

Artist's Statement

Fascinations for intensely rich colors and complex textures pulled me toward enticing, energetic, and exciting designs. Having years of experience with various forms of needlework, I made my first quilt in 1989.

It served as a portal into which I clearly saw the enduring passion of my life. I now produce art quilts, art to wear, and hand dyed and painted silk from vintage kimono.

Currently, I am using an intuitive collage approach with these fabrics in quilt designs. I prefer creating my own cloth; using surface design techniques such as hand dyeing, stamping, foiling, painting, stenciling, photo transfer, etc. Additional texture is built through layering of fabric, and the inclusion of various fibers.   Circular and Nature themes often appear in my quilt designs.

From my studio, wearable art is accomplished through the primary use of my unique overdyed and hand painted kimono fabric.

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