Growing up in New England my favorite times were spent on the beach, in the sand examining the delicate colors and subtle textures in stones polished by waves. To learn later that they had been dropped by glaciers only added to their mystique.
These interests have persisted and are now expressed in materials and techniques used over millennia. Technology has allowed variations on many of these but the love of texture and color remain.
I dye my own cloth using both plants and more recently developed synthetic dyes. I hand and machine stitch depending on what each piece seems to need.
Now living on the other coast, the rocks are different, but glaciers, waves and tides have been just as active.
Curiculum Vitae
Education
Kristin’s formal art education includes workshops from Martha Ann Cole, Elin Noble, Jan Myers-Newbury, Jo Stealey, Barbara Shelly, David Walker, and Nancy Crow and a certificate from Gail Harker’s City and Guilds Design and Embroidery, Part I, 2003.
Growing up in New England my favorite times were spent on the beach, in the sand examining the delicate colors and subtle textures in stones polished by waves. To learn later that they had been dropped by glaciers only added to their mystique.
Now living on the other coast, the rocks are different, but glaciers, waves and tides have been just as active. 