Blue Moon River – Chapel Hill This is one in a series of posts about artists in the Orange County Artists Guild. "What Remains" What is your medium? Why do you love it? How did you get interested in it? I'm a fiber artist. I started out as a traditional quilter, making bed quilts, when I was in my twenties, and moved toward art quilts and fiber art about 2005. While my core materials — cloth and thread — are those used in traditional quilting, I often employ substances such as acrylic fabric paints, dyes, Tyvek, Angelina fibers, and water-soluble…

Skyrivers Studio - Jewelry & Painting - Chapel Hill This is one in a series of posts about artists in the Orange County Artists Guild. What is your medium? I have been working as a jeweler for the past 48 years. I was traveling in Europe when I began to know that I wanted to work in silver. When I moved back to the U.S. after four years, it was like magic that happened and I knew it was my pathway to make silver jewelry. I moved into a room where the woman had a small jewelry setup and I…

Book arts/Mixed media - Carrboro This is one in a series of posts about artists in the Orange County Artists Guild. What is your medium? I make handcrafted boxes and books, and my medium falls under the label "book arts." My passion for this art began with a weeklong book-making class at Penland School of Crafts and I was immediately hooked. I love the tactile nature of folding and cutting beautiful cloths and papers as well as the precision needed to make it work! With boxes and books there are endless possibilities in construction, form and decoration so I never…