Living in the mountains has taught me to be in wonder of nature and her artistic hand. On my daily hikes my pockets gradually fill with artifacts and curiosities that I find along my path. These small treasures that are often overlooked are archived into my fine handwoven cloth where they are suspended in quietude. Many compositions incorporate nearly two hundred year old manuscripts and texts. The fragments of this rag paper, with barely detectable messages, are hand woven into the silk cloth producing an intricate structure that weaves the past with the present. In viewing my work, my hope is that, for at least a moment, you become lost in the discovery of the minute, the quiet of repetition, and the beauty of nature and pattern.
Contact: handwoven@vickiessig.com
See my work at these galleries
Awards
Handweavers Guild of America Yardage Exhibition Finalist 2016
American Craft Exposition best new to show and collectors purchase award 2015
American Craft Council award of excellence 2015
Philadelphia Craft show best in fibers 2014
Washington Craft Show Collectors Choice Award 2014
Piedmont Craftsmen Peoples Choice Award 2014
Handweavers Guild of America Yardage Exhibition Finalist 2012
Blue Ridge Handweaving Show 2010 Asheville, NC 1st place
Piedmont Craftsmen Award of Excellence 2009
Education
Penland School of Crafts
Georgia Deal 2016
Deb Ford 2014
Instructors Retreat 2011
Melinda Barta 2009
Dorothy Gill Barnes 2007
Takako Ueki 2005
Joy Boutrup 2000
Cortona Italy UGA studies abroad 2013
Printmaking Keiji Shinohara
Book and Paper making Daniel Essig
Drawing Pinkney Herbert
John C. Campbell Folk School 1999, 2007
Haywood Community College Professional Crafts Weaving 1998-2000
Catharine Ellis
Professional Affiliations
Founding member of Ariel Gallery, member 2002-2007
Member Southern Highlands Craft Guild since 2000
Member Piedmont Craftsmen since 2000
American Craft Council
Handweavers Guild of America
Teaching
Grampian Textures April 2018
Penland School of Crafts Summer 2015/November 2010
Collections
Baylor University
University of California San Diego and Santa Cruz
Fleur Bressler Collection
Fidelity Investment Art Collection Corporate Offices
Tzimon Barto
