Artwork
Fiber Art
Beginning in the season when the maple sap is flowing in early spring, hand-combing each of my 12 Cashmere Goats with a long-tined comb I got from the Central Market in UlaanBaatar (Mongolia). After a process of dehairing and cleaning, I hand spin yarn from pencil rovings into single ply cashmere yarn. My goats’ cashmere (soft undercoat separated from the rougher guard hairs) is either white, grey, or cinnamon colored. It is said that “Wearing cashmere is like wearing smoke” ….so light, warm, nourishing. My mentor, Katharine Cobey changed my life by demonstrating the power of knitting as a sculptural art. Garments and pieces that are statements of power, connection and meaning.
