Marianne Vogel - Fiber Arts

Artist’s Statement

The bumpy surface of a small barnacle, the bulbous joints along the length of a gnarled twig, a chunk of iridescent moss bulging from a crevice - these things get my attention and fuel a creative urge through my work, to echo the sentiment of Nature’s geometrical gifts.

Working with wool and other fiber, textiles and miscellaneous materials I bring together, I build patterned layers. Wet-felting wool, slow stitching linen, and beading surfaces, are some of the mindful methods I choose in my creating, while intrinsic basic shapes and line elements remain constant in my visual language toolbox as well.

Whether I am working on a two-dimensional piece or a three-dimensional structure, I trust my intuition, as most artists do, to unite together these mixed materials with my own mark-making techniques to convey an expressive message through my work.