Using Color to Reinforce Concepts in Artwork

Using Color to Reinforce Concepts in Artwork

Are we free now? 10 x 20 x 23 inches, wire, metal frame, handspun yarns, rigid foam, cloth tape, mulberry paper, stone clay, acrylic paint, screws ©2024 Eve Jacobs-Carnahan. Using Color to Reinforce Concepts in Artwork I have just completed Are we free now? the third...
Silk Fusion in Mixed Media Sculpture

Silk Fusion in Mixed Media Sculpture

Laughing Gull work in progress on workbench with pieces of silk fusion, © 2023 Eve Jacobs-Carnahan Silk Fusion in Mixed Media Sculpture I am rediscovering the joy of working with silk. In this case, silk paper or silk fusion. I made some silk fusion for the heads of...
Felted Wool Textures in Artwork

Felted Wool Textures in Artwork

Contemplative Window I (detail), wool yarn, felted wool, wood, 49 x 46 x 6 inches, photo by Paul Rogers, Stowe VT © 2005 Eve Jacobs-Carnahan Felted Wool Textures in Artwork When I design and plan my artwork, I think about the textures of the surfaces. Different...
Knitting feathers for my bird sculptures

Knitting feathers for my bird sculptures

Ready, wool yarns, wool felt, leather, cotton fabric, day lily leaves, rubber, plastic bags, mulberry paper, wood, rigid foam, stone clay, acrylic paint, 14 x 20 x 18 inches. © 2020 Eve Jacobs-Carnahan Knitting feathers for my bird sculptures I’m a fiber artist, so I...
Catching Snowflakes

Catching Snowflakes

Snowball, detail.  ©2006 Eve Jacobs-Carnahan. Catching Snowflakes I’ve tried to capture various types of snow in my sculptures.  Fresh snow on a cold day is light and fluffy. When the clouds clear and the sun re-emerges, the snow sparkles like jewels. As temperatures...
Lace, Layers, and Looking

Lace, Layers, and Looking

© 2005 Eve Jacobs-Carnahan, Contemplative Windows, wool yarn, felted wool, wood, each 49 x 46 x 6 inches, $1200 each. Photo by paulrogersphotography.com. Lace, Layers, and Looking I frequently layer surfaces in my sculptures to reveal or hide images and textures. If a...