Deborah’s
relationship with fiber and art has been ongoing ever since she was
a child. When she discovered weaving in 1996, her love of fiber,
texture, and color came together and she immersed herself in weaving
as a full
time pursuit. Since then she has created hundreds of garments and
accessories for sale as well as exhibition in fashion shows and galleries
across
the country. Although she is known mostly for her success with handwoven
rayon chenille, she makes many different one-of-a kind handwoven
and handmade garments and accessories. She finds wonderful satisfaction
sitting
at one of her looms making a fabric that comes to life through the
process of mingling individual threads and creating something pleasing
to look
at and touch. Since 2005 she has been very involved in helping to
develop
the fiber studio at Studio Channel Islands Art Center in Camarillo,
CA, where she teaches and weaves.
AFFILIATIONS:
DESIGNING WEAVERS
www.designingweavers.com
FIBER TRUST
FRIENDS OF FIBER ART
HANDWEAVERS GUILD
OF AMERICA
www.weavespindye.org
SANTA BARBARA
FIBER
GUILD
www.sbfiberarts.com
STUDIO CHANNEL ISLANDS
ART CENTER
www.studiochannelislands.org
SURFACE DESIGN ORGANIZATION
www.surfacedesign.org
TNNA
VENTURA COUNTY HANDWEAVERS
AND SPINNERS GUILD
www.venturaweaveandspin.
homestead.com
WEARABLE ART CONNECTION
www.wearableartconnection.org
SELECTED PUBLISHED WORKS:
Shuttle, Spindle,
Dyepot
Fall 2008, pg 36
“Dance of the Flamingos”
Ventura County Star
Sep
12, 2008, pg 1
“Elements of Art”
Lifestyles
Tampa Bay Magazine
July
2008
“Fiber Arts Converge in Tampa
Bay”
Tampa Herald Tribune
June
15, 2008
“Guild Brings Convergence
of Fiber Art”
Ventura County Star
Apr
28, 2008,
Lifestyles,
pg 1
“St.
Mary Magdalen Church Gets New Liturgical Banners”
Your Hub Magazine
June,
2007
“Simi Artist Weaves Banners
for Camarillo Church”
FiberArts
Summer
2007, pg 49
“Winners from Online Studio Contest”
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot
Winter
2006-2007, pg 16
“Great
Lengths”
Handwoven Magazine
March-April 2006, pg 52-54
“Paradise Puffs Poncho”
Handwoven Magazine
Nov-Dec 2005, pg 58
“The Winners, Ponchos
on Parade”
Ventura County Visitors Guide 2005-2006, pg 30
Ventura County
Star
Arts & Living
June 3, 2005, pg B4
Creative Knitting
Jan 5, 2005, pg 2
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot
Fall 2004, pg 35
“I Can See for Miles – Yardage”
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot
Fall 2004, pg 51
“
Fibers with Altitude, Garments with Attitude”
Denver Gallery
Guide
Summer 2004, pg 10
Daily News,
Sunday
Dec 28, 2003, pg 10
“ Weaving a Mark”
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot
Fall 2002
“Textile Tides”
SELECTED
PAST EXHIBITIONS:
2008
The Elements: Moving Designs
Invitational Exhibit
Museum of Ventura County
Ventura, CA
Form, Color, Expression
Three
Person Invitational
Syd Entel Gallery
Safety Harbor, FL
Pearl in the Oyster
International
Juried Exhibit
Florida Craftsmen Gallery
St. Petersburg, FL
Textures in the
Tropics
Invitational group exhibit
Tampa, FL
Designing Weavers
Sideshow
Group Exhibit
ArtCenter Manatee
Bradenton, FL
2007
Intertwining
Ideas
Invitational Exhibit
Robert A. Peck Gallery
Central
Wyoming College
Riverton, WY
ASCH Conference
Showcase Exhibit
Visalia, CA
Best
Use of Color Award
2nd Place in Weaving Category
2006
WovenWorks
Fine Art Competition
Fitton Center for the Arts
Hamilton,
OH
Great Lengths
International
Juried Exhibit
Gerald R. Ford Museum
Grand Rapids, MI
Wearable Expressions
2005-2006
International
Juried Exhibit
Palos Verdes Art Center
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
2005
Poncho Contest
Interweave Press
Handwoven Magazine
November-December
2005 issue
1st Place Award: Best Use of Fiber.
Designing
Weavers: 30 Year Retrospective
Studio
Channel Islands Art Center
Camarillo,
CA
Artwear
Celebrated
Studio Channel Islands Art Center
Camarillo, CA
2004
I
Can See For Miles
International Juried Yardage Exhibit
Metropolitan State College Center for Visual Arts
Denver, CO
Fibers
with Altitude – Garments
with Attitude
International Juried Fashion Show
Denver, CO
Cambridge Art Association
National
Prize Show
Cambridge, MA
At the Cutting Edge
Ventura
County Museum of History and Art
Ventura, CA
2003
Intermountain
Weavers Conference Fashion Show
Prescott, AZ
Wearable Expressions
2002-2003
Palos Verdes Art Center
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
2002
Bisbee
Fiber Arts Festival
Bisbee, AZ
1st Prize Award for Garments
Phosphorescence
International
juried exhibit at HGA’s
Convergence
Vancouver,
Canada