Karen Kamenetzky Fiber Art

I dye, paint and stitch cottons and silks to create boldly colored wallhangings inspired by microscopic/cellular level imagery – a kind of visual invented biology with textiles.

I find this imagery metaphorically rich since all change fundamentally happens on this infinitesimal level.

Starting with white cotton and silk, I add vibrant saturated color using dye and paint. Stitching adds lines of light and shadow as well as color. There is a tactile pleasure to handling and making art with fabric. I work loosely from sketches and concepts but each piece travels a route of evolution and change. My challenge is to trust the process to unfold.

In my long ago younger days, I studied art; primarily drawing and painting. After decades of detours through careers as a teacher and a psychologist, I have again happily created room in my life for art making. I began dyeing cloth and focusing on fiber art in the mid-nineties. I live in the woods of Southern Vermont.

Please visit my website:

www.karenkamenetzky.com