Wendy Read

)pening this Friday Nov. 7 from 6-9:00 PM in the FA&CC Artist Bio: Just as many young children have through the generations, Wendy Read became comfortable with the fiber arts at an early age, from playing with her mother’s button basket and the fabric scraps that fell on the floor as her mother sewed, to making many of her own clothes as a teenager. As an adult drawn to the arts, she naturally experimented with the media she was most familiar with, incorporating exotic and interesting fibers and materials, paints, and dyes to create her art. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she had the fortune of having the influence of several professional and amateur artists in her family, as well as year-round access to nature. Her work has been displayed in numerous exhibits and private showings and has won many awards throughout the country. While she uses many fiber art techniques, there is usually extensive thread- painting in her work, where the thread becomes her paint, the sewing machine her paintbrush. Artist Statement: The love of nature combined with the tactile qualities of fiber pulled me into the joys of creating art. My artistic endeavors have taken me past college art classes, to learning traditional quilting, to exploring the many techniques available in the fiber arts, but I most enjoy dyeing fabric and thread-painting. I love translating images, be it something seen on a walk, or something abstract in my head, using the techniques I’ve learned over the years. I am always eager to explore, learn, and share new techniques, and strive to continuously grow as an artist.