Following here are several examples of the creations of nationally recognized contemporary fiber artist Kathy Kistner. You can view them by scrolling down.
The first two pieces are entitled “Yin Yang” and “Fallingwater”, followed immediately by a description of Kathy’s methods, materials, processes, and creative tools. More examples of her work can be found below that.
Yin Yang • 38″T x 18″W x 2″D
Fallingwater • 84″T x 22″W x 10″D
Kathy creates her wonderful pieces by spinning, dying, weaving, sculpting, braiding, cording, dowel wrapping, and utilizing other creative techniques.
She calls her studio Fibrations™. It is a plethora of spinning wheels, dye pots, warpping boards, floor/upright/lap looms, hoards of hanging skeins, drawers of “found objects”, and multiple semi-cluttered assembly tables with pieces in varying stages of complete. Kathy creates the magic, her husband Rob helps with structural mounting.
To give you an understanding of what it takes to create a piece from carded fibers through to finished work; let’s consider “Fallingwater”. Kathy put over a hundred hours, first spinning raw material, then weaving and hand-stranding the different fiber elements on her Navajo upright loom. For mounting of this piece Kathy and Rob used maple, red cedar, concrete, aluminum, silk cord, with a nickel chromium art deco medallion. The medallion was a “found object”.
“Fallingwater” is a tribute to the Frank Lloyd Wright architectural masterpiece of the same name. Its dimensions are 84″H x 22″W x 10″D.
There are a few more pieces below, beginning with a work entitled “Échelle Soleil (Sun Ladder)”. Each has an interesting story, with a great deal of time and careful attention invested in its creation. The names and basic dimensions are included with the photo of each.
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Morning Sky • 16″T x 54″W x 2″D
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Below you will find a small grouping of close-up ‘detail’ photo images collected from a few of Kathy’s fiberart pieces. You can view them by scrolling down.
