Jill Powers
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b. 1955, Des Moines, Iowa
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Beyond The Basket, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mystery Contained: Contemporary Sculptural Basketry, Craft Alliance Gallery,
St. Louis, MO
National Paper Exhibition, Adams Bank, Washington, DC
Colorado’s Small Stitches- Beads and Thread, Tointon Gallery, Greeley, CO
2006 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 All Things Considered III, Biennial, National Basketry Organization, North Tahoe
Arts Gallery, Lake Tahoe CA
Fiber Directions 2005, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Crafts National 39, Zoller Gallery, State College, PA
Fiber Celebrated 2005, Intermountain Weavers, Durango, CO
2004 National Paper Exhibition, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio Central Library, San Antonio, TX
Explore Paper, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
2003 Landmarks, The Landmark Center, Minneapolis, MN
Sensory Experiments, Loveland Museum, Loveland CO
Paper as Art, Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, Denver, CO
2002 Art on and of Handmade Paper, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR
2000 Paper in the Millennium, Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA
1996 Paper Awareness, Guild of Papermakers, Art Forms Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 500 Baskets, 2006 Lark Books
American Style Magazine, April
2004 Fibrearts Design Book VII, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
2003 The Crafts Report, Insight feature artist, February
1990 New York Times, Review by Betty Freudenheim, July 15th
ABOUT THE WORK
“Cicada Songs”
Last Spring I raised 92 silkworms from tiny caterpillars to beautiful moths. It was an insightful time of watching, and observing the small details of their daily life. This experience inspired the wing like shapes and vibrancy of the work.
"Red Truth Chamber"
Hand painting the tiny red areas around the kozo dots mesmerized me as the power of the red color strengthened. The horsehair and stitching on the inner chamber pieces speaks of the truths we intuit.
"Ceremonial Leaf Presence"
Someone surprised me with a gift of a wild artichoke flower. I was crazy about the intriguing zigzag leaves, and used two of them in this piece. The beaten kozo fiber forms a strong container for the green and chestnut field of dots. I used a pattern from drawings of the silkworm caterpillars.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Beyond The Basket, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mystery Contained: Contemporary Sculptural Basketry, Craft Alliance Gallery,
St. Louis, MO
National Paper Exhibition, Adams Bank, Washington, DC
Colorado’s Small Stitches- Beads and Thread, Tointon Gallery, Greeley, CO
2006 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 All Things Considered III, Biennial, National Basketry Organization, North Tahoe
Arts Gallery, Lake Tahoe CA
Fiber Directions 2005, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Crafts National 39, Zoller Gallery, State College, PA
Fiber Celebrated 2005, Intermountain Weavers, Durango, CO
2004 National Paper Exhibition, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio Central Library, San Antonio, TX
Explore Paper, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
2003 Landmarks, The Landmark Center, Minneapolis, MN
Sensory Experiments, Loveland Museum, Loveland CO
Paper as Art, Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, Denver, CO
2002 Art on and of Handmade Paper, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR
2000 Paper in the Millennium, Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA
1996 Paper Awareness, Guild of Papermakers, Art Forms Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 500 Baskets, 2006 Lark Books
American Style Magazine, April
2004 Fibrearts Design Book VII, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
2003 The Crafts Report, Insight feature artist, February
1990 New York Times, Review by Betty Freudenheim, July 15th
ABOUT THE WORK
“Cicada Songs”
Last Spring I raised 92 silkworms from tiny caterpillars to beautiful moths. It was an insightful time of watching, and observing the small details of their daily life. This experience inspired the wing like shapes and vibrancy of the work.
"Red Truth Chamber"
Hand painting the tiny red areas around the kozo dots mesmerized me as the power of the red color strengthened. The horsehair and stitching on the inner chamber pieces speaks of the truths we intuit.
"Ceremonial Leaf Presence"
Someone surprised me with a gift of a wild artichoke flower. I was crazy about the intriguing zigzag leaves, and used two of them in this piece. The beaten kozo fiber forms a strong container for the green and chestnut field of dots. I used a pattern from drawings of the silkworm caterpillars.