Variety of fabric, cut, knotted. Background painted, acrylic. This is a unique technique I invented in fiber art as I created a piece for a custom interior.
Exhibition Year Archives
Trees in the Golan
Mt. HermonCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted. Background painted with textured paint. This is a unique art technique that I invented using fabric as I created a piece for a custom interior.
Rocky Mt. National ParkCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted, textured paint for sky. Stand back, squint your eyes to see the national park!
Base Camp at Mt. EverestCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted. Textured paint. I wanted to interpret the reflections of the base camp in the water.
WaterfallCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted. Background mixed with bamboo. I wanted to incorporate bamboo pieces with fabric.
Tri-Color Fabric LandscapeCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted. This piece uses very heavy/thick upholstery fabric to create depth.
All Tied UpValerie Koppenhaver
Twenty-plus ties were taken apart, re-inforced with fusible interfacing, layered with batting and machine quilted on fabric patterns. This bag, made mostly of men’s ties, was made for a fabric challenge for the American Sewing Guild. The lining was made from a shower curtain and the leather, also re-purposed, makes for a 100% upcycled bag.
Violet BlossomValerie Koppenhaver
Wet felted and hand beaded/embellished. This vessel was my first attempt at wet-felting a 3-D object. It’s an amazing process, and embellishing the result really brought out the beauty of the wool.
Shirt-taleValerie Koppenhaver
All flowers are hand-stitched, pebbled path is padded and machine quilted onto an upcycled shirt. The shirt illustrates my sewing journey, starting with the very first pajamas I sewed through the classes I now teach – all represented in flowers made with stash fabrics and techniques used along the way.