Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Selected as Fiber Art Installation of 2016, Fiber Art Now Magazine.

 

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Installation View

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Coming in June
Coming in June
Video of new work.
New work.
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Solid, hand-wrapped yarn, wine corks, colored tubing, copper, twine, and acrylic sheeting.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Closer Inspection

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

The Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN

State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now
State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now

"Hooked on Svelte", featured in the traveling exhibition State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN. 2017Photo: John Schweikert

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Sculpted fiber works. 2017

Coachella Installation
Coachella Installation

Private commission of eight hanging fiber sculptures from the continuing series, Hooked on Svelte. Downtown Los Angeles offices of Goldenvoice/Coachella. 2015

Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

https://art.state.gov/personnel/joel_allen/

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Installation View

(Foreground) Yum-Yums

(Middle Ground) Rough Rider

2014

Imperial Cascade
Imperial Cascade
Pendulous Pollinator
Pendulous Pollinator

(interior view)

Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019. 17 feet in length.

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Sculptural fiber installation at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2017.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber sculpture installation

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Sculptural fiber installation. 2017

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) 2015

Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) 2015

Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN

Hooked on Svelte, featured in State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Richard Feaster.

Blood Bloom
Blood Bloom

Nearly 8 miles of hand-wrapped and knotted fiber with mixed media. 2015

Coachella Installation
Coachella Installation

Private commission of eight hanging fiber sculptures from the continuing series, Hooked on Svelte. 2015

State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now
State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now

Hooked on Svelte at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. 2014-2015

Photo: Dustin Bartholomew

Studio
Studio
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016

48" in length x 15" in diameter

Detail
Detail
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016

48" in length x 20" in diameter

Detail
Detail
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016

48" in length x 16" in diameter

Detail
Detail
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016

48" in length x 9" in diameter

Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail

Hand-wrapped parts.

Detail
Detail

Precision wrapping.

Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Blood Bloom
Blood Bloom

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Blood Bloom
Blood Bloom

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Blood Bloom
Blood Bloom

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Blood Bloom
Blood Bloom

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Detail
Detail
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) 2015

Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) 2015

Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn, twine, colored tubing, wine corks, copper and acrylic sheeting.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail)

Detail
Detail

Interior spaces.

Detail
Detail

Interior spaces.

Detail
Detail

Hand cut and polished acrylic.

Detail
Detail

Interior

Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail

Sprite

Coachella Installation
Coachella Installation

(Detail) 2015

Coachella Installation
Coachella Installation

(Detail) 2015

Dancers
Dancers
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Installation View

2014

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Ting-a-Ling, Plum Bob and Envy.

(Installation View)

Hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting.

2014
 

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Ting-a-Ling (Detail)

Hand-wrapped yarn and acrylic sheeting.

2014

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped yarn & twine with mixed media.

2014

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Ting-a-Ling, Plum Bob, Whine Corky and Pharmsicle.

Installation View

2014

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Installation View

2014

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Installation View

(Foreground) Blue Boy

2014

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Ting-a-Ling, Royal Urchin and Tiny

Installation View

2014

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Installation View) CMC ArtShare Gallery, Glenwood Springs, CO. 2015

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hive, hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting. 2' x 6'. 2015

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Hive, 2015.

 

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Maggie, hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting, 20" x 60".  2015

Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
Hooked on Svelte (Detail)

(Detail) Photograph by Erik Hansen. 

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Installation view. Hand-wrapped, knotted and tied twine with pill bottles, wine corks, tubing, rubber, paper pulp, copper, wood, nylon and acrylic sheeting. Image from group exhibit, the Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Mixed media installation of hand-wrapped twine hanging sculpture using wine corks, pill bottles, tubing, rubber, paper pulp, copper, wood, nylon and acrylic sheeting. Each piece is 6-8 feet in length and hangs from hand forged copper hooks. Image from the Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Installation view.

Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
(Detail) Twine, pill bottles, irrigation tubing, rubber caps, nylon and acrylic sheeting. The bottom portion of this piece is comprised of 1000 pill bottles, 1000 rubber caps, 333.3 feet of black irrigation tubing and nearly a mile of twine.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Pill bottles, rubber caps, irrigation tubing and twine.​

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Twine, pill bottles, tubing, rubber caps and rebar tie-wire.​

Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
(Detail) Twine, paper pulp, red and black oxides, translucent amber rubber, joint compound burned with torch, and copper.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
(Detail) Hand-wrapped twine and paper pulp burned with torch.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Hand-wrapped twine. Each separate twisty piece is ten feet of twine, with over 500 separate pieces for this sculpture.​ 2012.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hand-wrapped yarn with nylon and vibrant acrylic. Each piece is 6-7 feet in length with hand forged copper hooks. 2013.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic. 2013.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hand-wrapped yarn with nylon and vibrant acrylic sheeting. 2013.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic. 2013.

Hooked on Svelte: Evolution
Hooked on Svelte: Evolution

(residency studio shot)​

Hand-wrapping at Brush Creek Ranch Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, Wyoming.​ 2013.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(residency studio shot)​

Hand-wrapping in progress at the Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming. 2013.​

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped yarn sculptures with vibrant acrylic discs.​ 2013.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn sculptures with vibrant acrylic discs.​ 2013.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped Charcoal and Wheat yarn with vibrant acrylic.​ 2013.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped Charcoal and Wheat yarn with vibrant acrylic.​ 2013.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

I am now fabricating new, smaller sized hand-wrapped fiber sculptures.

These new pieces are 4 1/2 feet in length (original sculptures are 7 feet in length) and they weigh approximately 5 lbs. They can be made in hundreds of color combinations and groupings.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Baby Blue, 2015.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Baby Blue, 2015.

Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Coming in June
Video of new work.
New work.
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now
Hooked on Svelte
Coachella Installation
Ascending Garden
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Imperial Cascade
Pendulous Pollinator
Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden
Ascending Garden
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
Blood Bloom
Coachella Installation
State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now
Studio
Hooked on Svelte
Detail
Hooked on Svelte
Detail
Hooked on Svelte
Detail
Hooked on Svelte
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Blood Bloom
Blood Bloom
Blood Bloom
Blood Bloom
Hooked on Svelte
Detail
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Coachella Installation
Coachella Installation
Dancers
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte: Evolution
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte
Hooked on Svelte

Selected as Fiber Art Installation of 2016, Fiber Art Now Magazine.

 

Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Hooked on Svelte

Installation View

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Coming in June
Video of new work.
New work.
Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Solid, hand-wrapped yarn, wine corks, colored tubing, copper, twine, and acrylic sheeting.

Hooked on Svelte

Closer Inspection

Hooked on Svelte

The Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN

State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now

"Hooked on Svelte", featured in the traveling exhibition State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN. 2017Photo: John Schweikert

Hooked on Svelte

Sculpted fiber works. 2017

Coachella Installation

Private commission of eight hanging fiber sculptures from the continuing series, Hooked on Svelte. Downtown Los Angeles offices of Goldenvoice/Coachella. 2015

Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

https://art.state.gov/personnel/joel_allen/

Hooked on Svelte

Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte

Installation View

(Foreground) Yum-Yums

(Middle Ground) Rough Rider

2014

Imperial Cascade
Pendulous Pollinator

(interior view)

Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019. 17 feet in length.

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Ascending Garden

Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019

U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies

Hooked on Svelte

Sculptural fiber installation at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2017.

Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber sculpture installation

Hooked on Svelte

Sculptural fiber installation. 2017

Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) 2015

Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA

Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) 2015

Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN

Hooked on Svelte, featured in State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Richard Feaster.

Blood Bloom

Nearly 8 miles of hand-wrapped and knotted fiber with mixed media. 2015

Coachella Installation

Private commission of eight hanging fiber sculptures from the continuing series, Hooked on Svelte. 2015

State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now

Hooked on Svelte at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. 2014-2015

Photo: Dustin Bartholomew

Studio
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016

48" in length x 15" in diameter

Detail
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016

48" in length x 20" in diameter

Detail
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016

48" in length x 16" in diameter

Detail
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016

48" in length x 9" in diameter

Detail
Detail

Hand-wrapped parts.

Detail

Precision wrapping.

Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Blood Bloom

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Blood Bloom

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Blood Bloom

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Blood Bloom

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Detail
Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) 2015

Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA

Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015

Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan.

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) 2015

Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn, twine, colored tubing, wine corks, copper and acrylic sheeting.

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail)

Detail

Interior spaces.

Detail

Interior spaces.

Detail

Hand cut and polished acrylic.

Detail

Interior

Detail
Detail

Sprite

Coachella Installation

(Detail) 2015

Coachella Installation

(Detail) 2015

Dancers
Hooked on Svelte

Installation View

2014

Hooked on Svelte

Ting-a-Ling, Plum Bob and Envy.

(Installation View)

Hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting.

2014
 

Hooked on Svelte

Ting-a-Ling (Detail)

Hand-wrapped yarn and acrylic sheeting.

2014

Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped yarn & twine with mixed media.

2014

Hooked on Svelte

Ting-a-Ling, Plum Bob, Whine Corky and Pharmsicle.

Installation View

2014

Hooked on Svelte

Installation View

2014

Hooked on Svelte

Installation View

(Foreground) Blue Boy

2014

Hooked on Svelte

Ting-a-Ling, Royal Urchin and Tiny

Installation View

2014

Hooked on Svelte

(Installation View) CMC ArtShare Gallery, Glenwood Springs, CO. 2015

Hooked on Svelte

Hive, hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting. 2' x 6'. 2015

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Hive, 2015.

 

Hooked on Svelte

Maggie, hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting, 20" x 60".  2015

Hooked on Svelte (Detail)

(Detail) Photograph by Erik Hansen. 

Hooked on Svelte
Installation view. Hand-wrapped, knotted and tied twine with pill bottles, wine corks, tubing, rubber, paper pulp, copper, wood, nylon and acrylic sheeting. Image from group exhibit, the Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte
Mixed media installation of hand-wrapped twine hanging sculpture using wine corks, pill bottles, tubing, rubber, paper pulp, copper, wood, nylon and acrylic sheeting. Each piece is 6-8 feet in length and hangs from hand forged copper hooks. Image from the Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte
Installation view.

Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
(Detail) Twine, pill bottles, irrigation tubing, rubber caps, nylon and acrylic sheeting. The bottom portion of this piece is comprised of 1000 pill bottles, 1000 rubber caps, 333.3 feet of black irrigation tubing and nearly a mile of twine.

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Pill bottles, rubber caps, irrigation tubing and twine.​

Hooked on Svelte

Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte

Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Twine, pill bottles, tubing, rubber caps and rebar tie-wire.​

Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
(Detail) Twine, paper pulp, red and black oxides, translucent amber rubber, joint compound burned with torch, and copper.

Hooked on Svelte
Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

Hooked on Svelte (Detail)
(Detail) Hand-wrapped twine and paper pulp burned with torch.

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Hand-wrapped twine. Each separate twisty piece is ten feet of twine, with over 500 separate pieces for this sculpture.​ 2012.

Hooked on Svelte
Hand-wrapped yarn with nylon and vibrant acrylic. Each piece is 6-7 feet in length with hand forged copper hooks. 2013.

Hooked on Svelte
(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic. 2013.

Hooked on Svelte
Hand-wrapped yarn with nylon and vibrant acrylic sheeting. 2013.

Hooked on Svelte
(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic. 2013.

Hooked on Svelte: Evolution

(residency studio shot)​

Hand-wrapping at Brush Creek Ranch Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, Wyoming.​ 2013.

Hooked on Svelte

(residency studio shot)​

Hand-wrapping in progress at the Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming. 2013.​

Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped yarn sculptures with vibrant acrylic discs.​ 2013.

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn sculptures with vibrant acrylic discs.​ 2013.

Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped Charcoal and Wheat yarn with vibrant acrylic.​ 2013.

Hooked on Svelte

Hand-wrapped Charcoal and Wheat yarn with vibrant acrylic.​ 2013.

Hooked on Svelte

I am now fabricating new, smaller sized hand-wrapped fiber sculptures.

These new pieces are 4 1/2 feet in length (original sculptures are 7 feet in length) and they weigh approximately 5 lbs. They can be made in hundreds of color combinations and groupings.

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Baby Blue, 2015.

Hooked on Svelte

(Detail) Baby Blue, 2015.

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