Members

As we receive information from our members, we'll be adding short descriptions of their work, and links to their web sites, blogs, and online shops or other web resources. Please visit again to learn more about Wisconsin's surface design artists.

Jill Robinson
Jill Robinson
After a disastrous experience in a jr. high home ec class, I avoided sewing for 20+ years.
Then I took a beginner sewing class and learned I could sew cool things without a tissue-paper pattern.  I made traditional quilts for a few years and then started dyeing fabric in preparation for a Nancy Crow workshop. (Nancy requires 100 yds of fabric for a one-week class).  A dyeing workshop was going on at the same time in her wet studio-- we were allowed to snoop around. . . The amazing work being done in both workshops was both overwhelming and exhilarating.
My work tends to be abstract; I like to combine hand-dyes, commercial, vintage and  recycled fabrics together into collaged pieces. One of my favorite techniques is applying thickened dye over resists on cotton fabric- I love the way the dye invades the little cracks and gaps. I started silk screening last year--  happily riding that learning curve.

Donna Kallner
Donna Kallner
My work takes a contemporary approach to ancient fiber techniques, which I use to tell timeless stories. In addition to my studio work, I'm a fiber arts teacher and I write instructional material for fiber artists. I blog at Two Red Threads and Compost And Creativity, and sell my books at Etsy. In the studio, I work primarily with fabric paints, image transfer and digital imaging on fabric. My world changed when I learned that raw edge applique is not illegal or immoral, and that I can use Silly String and American cheese for printing on fabric.