I recently started a new series, Portraits of Ghosts, which deals with the fires which occur more and more frequently in the liminal space between human habitation and wilderness. I've been taking photos from 2017 on in places like Santa Rosa, CA, where fire raged up to the property line of my family's home. And in Lahaina, Maui, HI, destroying one of the oldest cities in the US. There are countless more examples of these in every region on the planet. Here are the first 3 in the series - all the stitching is by hand and I painted Tyvek to add a bit of dimension to the areas that were still ablaze.
DEBORAH WEIR ••• FiberFly Textile Art
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Some End of the Year Catch Up
I figured it would be best to just post these items that I have worked on in the latter part of this year and haven't gotten much "press" yet. Some fun eye candy! Contact me if you want more info (FiberFly@icloud.com).
Held Harmless #17
Algae
Friday, October 27, 2023
Fiber Art Now Winter Edition 2023-2024
Excellence in Quilts III
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Saturday, August 5, 2023
HH #20 (working title)
I sent a photo of this collage off to Spoonflower and ended up returning the print as the white wasn't really WHITE. It was a light dove gray so the contrast was wishy washy. I don't think my image was gray, but in any case I'm waiting for it to return to me with much cleaner contrast between lights and darks. (On Blogger the whites look brownish, hmmmm.)
Receding Figures on view once again!!
Luckily, Receding Figures, a collaboration I did with Steven Mandell, will be shown at the Last CA 101 at the Redondo Beach old library. I'll be there from 6-7:30; hope you can come as well!!
Maw of Fire
Maw of Fire was created in Photoshop. I had it commercially printed then stitched and beaded the piece all by hand (of course!).
Friday, June 9, 2023
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Sunday, May 14, 2023
PHES Gallery in Carlsbad, CA
5 of my pieces were invited to this exhibit of So Cal heavy hitters. And, yes, that's After the 6th Extinction on the announcement. This invitational show includes work by about a dozen amazing textile artists. Don't miss it is you are nearby!!
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Turns Out: Chicken Little Was Right!
The sky is indeed falling on this poor little guy! This quilt (with 4 months of hand stitching) is 41" x 33" and my new phone's photos capacity really shows the details. Does the world feel like this these days?
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Strings of Desire
Lucky to see this great show of contemporary embroidery in LA with 5 of my dear friends at Craft Contemporary. Had lunch in West Adams which was GREAT!! Mixed media hand stitching, what more could one ask for??!?!!
Monday, March 27, 2023
Friday, March 24, 2023
Friday, March 3, 2023
CAGED
CAGED is my latest 3D piece. It refers back to the art quilts I did several years ago on the subject of incarceration. I came upon a rusty old tomato cage and knew right away that it was crying out to become a piece of art. I covered it on 2 of its 3 sides with Fosshape to act as a substrate for the textiles and stitching. To that I applied cheese cloth I'd dyed murky browns. Then I made warts and knobs and other oddments, mostly hand dyed, that I stitched into place through the open third. I spray painted the interior when all the stitching was complete. Getting it to balance was a bit of a trick, but it's very steady now. It stands just over 2' high.