All Textiles, All the Time!
I have been weaving tapestries since the mid-70's when I majored in Fibers at Kansas City Art Institute, with a BFA. I learned many textile techniques from spinning and dyeing fibers, knitting and crocheting, and weaving, which won my heart. I still use almost all of these techniques in one way or another, sometimes just for fun.
I went on to get my MFA at Cranbrook Academy of art, continuing my focus on weaving fine art tapestries, and gained a depth of critical insight which helped me to develop my ideas in depth.
All these years, I have been an established fine art weaver, with work in museums such as The Art Institute of Chicago, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Archives of the Venice Biennale, The Denver Art Museum, Cranbrook Academy of Art/Museum, Racine Art Museum, The Reading Public Museum, and others. My art is in many private collections as well!
I have won prizes and awards -- state, national, and international.
And I take time to have fun with fibers too, from sewing, to screen printing, to doll making, to textile design for home furnishings. It has been an utterly satisfying career!
To learn more about my work: Instagram @laurafosternicholson; website www.lfntextiles.com
