D O N N A M O N RO E
Fiber Artist
Fiber Artist
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Donna's Journey
My love affair with making, mixing, patterning, collaging, stitching, coloring, pasting began early. Scrapbooking and creating my own images with cut outs from Life magazines is one of my fondest and earliest art making memories. Coming from a long lineage of women who embroidered, quilted, knit and crocheted, instilled a love of the feel and texture of fiber and thread. While a child at my grandmother's knee I experienced the thrill of plying a needle with a bright length of colored thread through flour sacking to create a set of dish towels.
Graduating from the University of California Santa Cruz with degrees in Photography and Printmaking, I spent the next several years taking a lot of pictures. At a point about 20 years ago I returned to my first love and began a series of original needlepoint pillows. At the time I was living a gypsy lifestyle and the ease and lightness of carrying canvas and yarn around was very appealing and allowed me to work with the lush colors and richness of Persian yarns.
After settling in T or C I had the good fortune to buy a house with a large studio space and my focus changed from small, portable pieces to larger and more varied work which includes wall hangings, totem figures, bags, fabric collage and assemblages. Of utmost importance to my aesthetic is the unearthing of found fabrics, paper, beads, sticks rocks, rusty stuff found in the desert, on the street and anywhere else one stumbles upon the detritus of human activity for reuse, repurposing, and reshaping into whatever captures
my fancy at any given moment. Having fun combining all of these elements along with color and pattern gives me such great pleasure in making things....Donna Monroe
Graduating from the University of California Santa Cruz with degrees in Photography and Printmaking, I spent the next several years taking a lot of pictures. At a point about 20 years ago I returned to my first love and began a series of original needlepoint pillows. At the time I was living a gypsy lifestyle and the ease and lightness of carrying canvas and yarn around was very appealing and allowed me to work with the lush colors and richness of Persian yarns.
After settling in T or C I had the good fortune to buy a house with a large studio space and my focus changed from small, portable pieces to larger and more varied work which includes wall hangings, totem figures, bags, fabric collage and assemblages. Of utmost importance to my aesthetic is the unearthing of found fabrics, paper, beads, sticks rocks, rusty stuff found in the desert, on the street and anywhere else one stumbles upon the detritus of human activity for reuse, repurposing, and reshaping into whatever captures
my fancy at any given moment. Having fun combining all of these elements along with color and pattern gives me such great pleasure in making things....Donna Monroe
TOTEMS FIGURES
I love making the totems! As soon as I begin, the essence, spirit
and persona show up and begin to guide me in its own creation. Really!
Wrapped, twisted, tied and embellished, they are created with love.
and persona show up and begin to guide me in its own creation. Really!
Wrapped, twisted, tied and embellished, they are created with love.
Red Horse Woman
8"W x 21"L
Fabric Remnants, Faux Fur, Ribbon
& Beads. $700
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Lizard Spirit
Upholstery & Batik Fabrics, Buttons, Beads & Trims
8"W x 23"L $700
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Blue Moon Woman
Batiked Rayon & Fabric Scraps
8.5"W x 22"L. $700
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EMBELLISHED TEXTILES
In making the hangings, I really let it fly with mixing and matching
unexpected and surprising combinations of fabrics – often gleaned from thrift
store clothing. I have also been known to pull something out of my own
closet and begin cutting!!! Is nothing sacred???? No, not really!
unexpected and surprising combinations of fabrics – often gleaned from thrift
store clothing. I have also been known to pull something out of my own
closet and begin cutting!!! Is nothing sacred???? No, not really!
Birds of a Feather
Kaffe Fassett Fabrics, Fabric Scraps, Applique
Sunrise With Angels
15.5"W x 41"L - Recycled Fabrics, Thread & Trims
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Turtle Morning
15 1/2"W x 41" L -
Assorted Recycled Fabrics, Beads, Trims & Threads
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Catching Some Z's
30"W x 43"L - Vintage Silk & Fabrics
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PAPER COLLAGE'
This series was created using a large stash of paper ephemera – handmade,
textured, and marbleized papers, gold and silver candy wrappers, and other
bits and pieces of found images and papers.
Circa 2018
Their size is approx. 9" x 11".
textured, and marbleized papers, gold and silver candy wrappers, and other
bits and pieces of found images and papers.
Circa 2018
Their size is approx. 9" x 11".
Birds of a Feather IV
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Birds of a Feather I
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Birds of a Feather II
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Birds of a Feather VI
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Birds of a Feather V
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Birds of a Feather III
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