S A N D Y H O P P E R
Fiber Artist
Fiber Artist
I N T E R W E A V I N G
"Over the past few years I’ve been exploring ways to weave together my favorite art disciplines. Using my hand painted silk as the focus, adding wool, flax and beads, creating support structures of driftwood collected on my beach and river walks. There’s the excitement of working with epoxy. Watching mica colors flow and dance much in the same way as dyes dance on my silks. Sculpting with fiber clay and creating botanical silks. A gathering and interweaving of all those threads."
Dandelion Bliss
Ruana
Silk Crepe de
Chine14MM, Hand Painted with Steam
Set Dyes Using
a Soy Wax Resist
55" W x 76"L
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Garden Beauty
Silk Habotai Shawl Hand Knotted Silk Fringe, Steam Set-Dyes Using A Wet on Wet Technique
$275
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Evening Skies
Wool Cape
Wet Felted by Hand, Super Fine Merino Wool, Silk Hand Spun Art Yarn
$800
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Chili Balloon
Valley Memories of
Chilies and Cotton
Silk Crepe de Chine Panel Steam-set Dyes, Lumiere, Using a Soy Wax Resist
$1000
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Flax Sculpture
with Mesquite Bean
Embellishments
$125
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Fish Avatar
Flax, Driftwood, Beads, Broken Fork
$95
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ABOUT SANDY: For years I have focused on evolving my silk painting techniques and knowledge. My silks are created using a layering process – silk, dyes and soy wax which create the imagery. I have added felting to the process which is called Nuno silks. I love painting on the silks then adding the felting for a more complex piece. Embellishments are often added following the Nuno process. I am currently exploring eco-botanical printing, silk painting followed by Nuno felting to create really stunning wearables and wall pieces.
My exhibition at RioBravoFineArt Gallery, will be a fusion of my evolution. Wearables in their simplest form and pieces which have evolved into more complex works of art. In 2019 I created a series of silk works using old rusted railroad pieces. Using a modified version of Shibori I created multiple silk pieces that I am combining with copper, flax and driftwood to create unique hall hangings. I refer to them as my Iron Horse Series
My exhibition at RioBravoFineArt Gallery, will be a fusion of my evolution. Wearables in their simplest form and pieces which have evolved into more complex works of art. In 2019 I created a series of silk works using old rusted railroad pieces. Using a modified version of Shibori I created multiple silk pieces that I am combining with copper, flax and driftwood to create unique hall hangings. I refer to them as my Iron Horse Series
