![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1457303197688-4NUP2Z3WMGGLGN7Y77PR/image-asset.jpeg)
Selected as Fiber Art Installation of 2016, Fiber Art Now Magazine.
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450039127139-2O7NB77UQ58BIQ36UNN5/image-asset.jpeg)
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1457302743122-WJTCADXHRW8UJVZD3EZQ/image-asset.jpeg)
Installation View
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
![Coming in June](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1525986592221-LQ9KUDO56KEU3F227R11/00_Cover_TFF+130_FA.jpg)
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(Detail) Solid, hand-wrapped yarn, wine corks, colored tubing, copper, twine, and acrylic sheeting.
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1453335776256-TMGD9YKHBEBRYNFZI65R/image-asset.jpeg)
Closer Inspection
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1679612546211-SPOTIMTAWNGXURS0UUU8/image-asset.jpeg)
The Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN
![State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1501277781259-HRYLK40DIGHBNAVLM2Y0/State+of+the+Art_FCVA+installation_Photo+by+John+Schweikert_0003.jpg)
"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
Sculpted fiber works. 2017
Private commission of eight hanging fiber sculptures from the continuing series, Hooked on Svelte. Downtown Los Angeles offices of Goldenvoice/Coachella. 2015
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.
Installation View
(Foreground) Yum-Yums
(Middle Ground) Rough Rider
2014
![Imperial Cascade](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1592275603505-RWU8BHIAKGKHSU6OTFVG/image-asset.jpeg)
![Pendulous Pollinator](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1592275252338-7G5SFUJR9VJ9ZL27CQYH/IMG_0735_Modified_2.jpg)
(interior view)
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019. 17 feet in length.
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Sculptural fiber installation at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2017.
Hand-wrapped fiber sculpture installation
Sculptural fiber installation. 2017
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450037481757-S0ZQF9CHY5VGQVJ5COCC/image-asset.jpeg)
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1457302826378-6IZ2UN768J99XL29PR87/image-asset.jpeg)
(Detail) 2015
Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450037680177-G26WUX5OA1EQAZH06NIN/image-asset.jpeg)
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1457302938333-1F59SHRQG6449LRKO2GK/image-asset.jpeg)
(Detail) 2015
Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA
Hooked on Svelte, featured in State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Richard Feaster.
![Blood Bloom](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1453335388186-HHWW49GYSEH8UP1GIE1C/image-asset.jpeg)
Nearly 8 miles of hand-wrapped and knotted fiber with mixed media. 2015
![Coachella Installation](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491970387359-Y06FED7ISQNKAFC56NID/Allen_Hooked+on+Svelte_11.jpg)
Private commission of eight hanging fiber sculptures from the continuing series, Hooked on Svelte. 2015
![State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1454458612235-83DWIXATRPI9FXHH4EQB/image-asset.jpeg)
Hooked on Svelte at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. 2014-2015
Photo: Dustin Bartholomew
![Studio](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1492456754165-8M76POM5A37AMBF6JAVB/IMG_20170415_133904.jpg)
Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016
48" in length x 15" in diameter
Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016
48" in length x 20" in diameter
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969417974-H84CQ16LE5ZG82AJI4N0/1322160547773246530_2538651526.jpg)
Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016
48" in length x 16" in diameter
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969444227-K3L3F9E7GDOMJBJ6R127/1322092647603266962_2538651526.jpg)
Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016
48" in length x 9" in diameter
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969930590-FG2P0UACT9KQFCVNK0V2/1479494163883200007_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969854483-NVPBXHZLLZKP76BDQ4WV/1480964171285022765_2538651526.jpg)
Hand-wrapped parts.
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969027966-2B1YUOLSD6085NWU4W54/1335181148783878266_2538651526.jpg)
Precision wrapping.
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969577384-27S7IX5SWTROOECGL5RB/1333556258385374782_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969818701-8DR8FZM19V267KBNSSJ7/1398746826589108817_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969079283-ERR0VHZLEGT2D1T0CW1K/1209643688974081587_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491971374130-3RE4I8S0I2LADGU4QC14/Allen_J_Image+16.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491971397798-SCG5CM2Y3GWGZYWD9468/Allen_Hooked+on+Svelte_19.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969765953-QB4BXIYAD0CC7QLZC8WB/1367053907629280129_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969727100-XKBDG87PRQDE6BGRIXLM/1366960653890134669_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969897889-7XFOTCVK8WZ2T4339H6X/1474185788718887162_2538651526.jpg)
![Blood Bloom](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450038139560-1DAB6ZURR770PVE6NYEE/image-asset.jpeg)
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
![Blood Bloom](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450038629251-D0KQUD73PWXS3XWCGTBA/image-asset.jpeg)
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
![Blood Bloom](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450040283798-JLYODEAYEHA548UW99IF/image-asset.jpeg)
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
![Blood Bloom](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450038399244-MZOL1K7785MAIXNWEVLY/image-asset.jpeg)
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450039743652-E5J4RZXTLDN1FT1L5CID/image-asset.jpeg)
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969688017-K8NB1KM41EDNPVWSRPIU/1342874293986343023_2538651526.jpg)
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450037593685-2NRL7Y6EC1VPJNPBVN4D/image-asset.jpeg)
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1457303064380-GH8XM0WPWYYM9EEV49X0/image-asset.jpeg)
(Detail) 2015
Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450037211677-3GJUDCP85XAFXQL78SWO/image-asset.jpeg)
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan.
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1457303329253-E5OFSWFV67FBI2J003NN/image-asset.jpeg)
(Detail) 2015
Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA
(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn, twine, colored tubing, wine corks, copper and acrylic sheeting.
(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn
(Detail)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969331023-QFRKG547H9HKGOOJ4Y38/1274365868739386653_2538651526.jpg)
Interior spaces.
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969205724-WHDM7T3K1NT2DWRBNRG1/1278372145773665679_2538651526.jpg)
Interior spaces.
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969256736-NTS63GU8DGQA7FN8XL16/1266171588715732738_2538651526.jpg)
Hand cut and polished acrylic.
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969601543-9AVZ141HJRGTMOSFC6CT/1332223849152649584_2538651526.jpg)
Interior
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969633634-PJF6CDFAIQSRSIP8THVU/1331671368710620714_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969652472-4DB4GPJDVD6U4JSLMEGP/1331666776283285259_2538651526.jpg)
Sprite
(Detail) 2015
(Detail) 2015
![Dancers](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969158768-COWLOE2OVOS5E4SA9TOK/1322093600406585897_2538651526.jpg)
Installation View
2014
Ting-a-Ling, Plum Bob and Envy.
(Installation View)
Hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting.
2014
Ting-a-Ling (Detail)
Hand-wrapped yarn and acrylic sheeting.
2014
Hand-wrapped yarn & twine with mixed media.
2014
Ting-a-Ling, Plum Bob, Whine Corky and Pharmsicle.
Installation View
2014
Installation View
2014
Installation View
(Foreground) Blue Boy
2014
Ting-a-Ling, Royal Urchin and Tiny
Installation View
2014
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1430850042117-8CKAY4FL789C030EN2Z8/image-asset.jpeg)
(Installation View) CMC ArtShare Gallery, Glenwood Springs, CO. 2015
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1430850188438-EP3HACZ036X6XBZFHB5P/image-asset.jpeg)
Hive, hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting. 2' x 6'. 2015
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1430850315762-7YPDDIEML6W6D2V1LP5H/image-asset.jpeg)
(Detail) Hive, 2015.
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1430850478186-WWBNA7OZ3HBM6UHUXRP7/image-asset.jpeg)
Maggie, hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting, 20" x 60". 2015
(Detail) Photograph by Erik Hansen.
(Detail) Pill bottles, rubber caps, irrigation tubing and twine.
Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.
Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1364765678101-R1F2SH48L3216AKSS82I/_MG_0497.jpg)
(Detail) Twine, pill bottles, tubing, rubber caps and rebar tie-wire.
(Detail) Hand-wrapped twine. Each separate twisty piece is ten feet of twine, with over 500 separate pieces for this sculpture. 2012.
(residency studio shot)
Hand-wrapping at Brush Creek Ranch Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, Wyoming. 2013.
(residency studio shot)
Hand-wrapping in progress at the Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming. 2013.
Hand-wrapped yarn sculptures with vibrant acrylic discs. 2013.
(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn sculptures with vibrant acrylic discs. 2013.
Hand-wrapped Charcoal and Wheat yarn with vibrant acrylic. 2013.
Hand-wrapped Charcoal and Wheat yarn with vibrant acrylic. 2013.
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1425256667901-8FO1GJH77JQ7ZZCWGGTV/image-asset.jpeg)
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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1430850611138-WMYEFSTCW3LFOFI9H3AE/image-asset.jpeg)
(Detail) Baby Blue, 2015.
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1430850702836-LKAF6NY1FS1L76VM8HPK/image-asset.jpeg)
(Detail) Baby Blue, 2015.
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1457303197688-4NUP2Z3WMGGLGN7Y77PR/image-asset.jpeg)
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450039127139-2O7NB77UQ58BIQ36UNN5/image-asset.jpeg)
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1457302743122-WJTCADXHRW8UJVZD3EZQ/image-asset.jpeg)
![Coming in June](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1525986592221-LQ9KUDO56KEU3F227R11/00_Cover_TFF+130_FA.jpg)
![Video of new work.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1633212873762-TM3YO0EPYA920O6741CZ/image-asset.jpeg)
![New work.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1646527303286-IFP7D2OWMBSOENSEJEIC/image-asset.jpeg)
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1453335776256-TMGD9YKHBEBRYNFZI65R/image-asset.jpeg)
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1679612546211-SPOTIMTAWNGXURS0UUU8/image-asset.jpeg)
![State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1501277781259-HRYLK40DIGHBNAVLM2Y0/State+of+the+Art_FCVA+installation_Photo+by+John+Schweikert_0003.jpg)
![Imperial Cascade](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1592275603505-RWU8BHIAKGKHSU6OTFVG/image-asset.jpeg)
![Pendulous Pollinator](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1592275252338-7G5SFUJR9VJ9ZL27CQYH/IMG_0735_Modified_2.jpg)
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450037481757-S0ZQF9CHY5VGQVJ5COCC/image-asset.jpeg)
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1457302826378-6IZ2UN768J99XL29PR87/image-asset.jpeg)
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1450037680177-G26WUX5OA1EQAZH06NIN/image-asset.jpeg)
![Hooked on Svelte](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1457302938333-1F59SHRQG6449LRKO2GK/image-asset.jpeg)
![Blood Bloom](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1453335388186-HHWW49GYSEH8UP1GIE1C/image-asset.jpeg)
![Coachella Installation](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491970387359-Y06FED7ISQNKAFC56NID/Allen_Hooked+on+Svelte_11.jpg)
![State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1454458612235-83DWIXATRPI9FXHH4EQB/image-asset.jpeg)
![Studio](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1492456754165-8M76POM5A37AMBF6JAVB/IMG_20170415_133904.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969417974-H84CQ16LE5ZG82AJI4N0/1322160547773246530_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969444227-K3L3F9E7GDOMJBJ6R127/1322092647603266962_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969930590-FG2P0UACT9KQFCVNK0V2/1479494163883200007_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969854483-NVPBXHZLLZKP76BDQ4WV/1480964171285022765_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969027966-2B1YUOLSD6085NWU4W54/1335181148783878266_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969577384-27S7IX5SWTROOECGL5RB/1333556258385374782_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969818701-8DR8FZM19V267KBNSSJ7/1398746826589108817_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491969079283-ERR0VHZLEGT2D1T0CW1K/1209643688974081587_2538651526.jpg)
![Detail](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/515747fee4b0fc0d94691845/1491971374130-3RE4I8S0I2LADGU4QC14/Allen_J_Image+16.jpg)
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Selected as Fiber Art Installation of 2016, Fiber Art Now Magazine.
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
Installation View
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
(Detail) Solid, hand-wrapped yarn, wine corks, colored tubing, copper, twine, and acrylic sheeting.
Closer Inspection
The Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN
"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
Sculpted fiber works. 2017
Private commission of eight hanging fiber sculptures from the continuing series, Hooked on Svelte. Downtown Los Angeles offices of Goldenvoice/Coachella. 2015
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.
Installation View
(Foreground) Yum-Yums
(Middle Ground) Rough Rider
2014
(interior view)
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019. 17 feet in length.
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Hand-wrapped fiber with colored acrylic. 2019
U.S. Consulate, Matamoros Mexico, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies
Sculptural fiber installation at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2017.
Hand-wrapped fiber sculpture installation
Sculptural fiber installation. 2017
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
(Detail) 2015
Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
(Detail) 2015
Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA
Hooked on Svelte, featured in State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Richard Feaster.
Nearly 8 miles of hand-wrapped and knotted fiber with mixed media. 2015
Private commission of eight hanging fiber sculptures from the continuing series, Hooked on Svelte. 2015
Hooked on Svelte at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. 2014-2015
Photo: Dustin Bartholomew
Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016
48" in length x 15" in diameter
Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016
48" in length x 20" in diameter
Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016
48" in length x 16" in diameter
Hand-wrapped fiber. 2016
48" in length x 9" in diameter
Hand-wrapped parts.
Precision wrapping.
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
(Detail) 2015
Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA
Hand-wrapped fiber with mixed media. 2015
Suspended! at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan.
(Detail) 2015
Photo courtesy of B. Mosher/KIA
(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn, twine, colored tubing, wine corks, copper and acrylic sheeting.
(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn
(Detail)
Interior spaces.
Interior spaces.
Hand cut and polished acrylic.
Interior
Sprite
(Detail) 2015
(Detail) 2015
Installation View
2014
Ting-a-Ling, Plum Bob and Envy.
(Installation View)
Hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting.
2014
Ting-a-Ling (Detail)
Hand-wrapped yarn and acrylic sheeting.
2014
Hand-wrapped yarn & twine with mixed media.
2014
Ting-a-Ling, Plum Bob, Whine Corky and Pharmsicle.
Installation View
2014
Installation View
2014
Installation View
(Foreground) Blue Boy
2014
Ting-a-Ling, Royal Urchin and Tiny
Installation View
2014
(Installation View) CMC ArtShare Gallery, Glenwood Springs, CO. 2015
Hive, hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting. 2' x 6'. 2015
(Detail) Hive, 2015.
Maggie, hand-wrapped yarn with acrylic sheeting, 20" x 60". 2015
(Detail) Photograph by Erik Hansen.
(Detail) Pill bottles, rubber caps, irrigation tubing and twine.
Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.
Installation view. Montana Triennial 2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.
(Detail) Twine, pill bottles, tubing, rubber caps and rebar tie-wire.
(Detail) Hand-wrapped twine. Each separate twisty piece is ten feet of twine, with over 500 separate pieces for this sculpture. 2012.
(residency studio shot)
Hand-wrapping at Brush Creek Ranch Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, Wyoming. 2013.
(residency studio shot)
Hand-wrapping in progress at the Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming. 2013.
Hand-wrapped yarn sculptures with vibrant acrylic discs. 2013.
(Detail) Hand-wrapped yarn sculptures with vibrant acrylic discs. 2013.
Hand-wrapped Charcoal and Wheat yarn with vibrant acrylic. 2013.
Hand-wrapped Charcoal and Wheat yarn with vibrant acrylic. 2013.
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.
(Detail) Baby Blue, 2015.
(Detail) Baby Blue, 2015.