Fiber Hawai'i 2024

About Fiber Hawai'i

2024Fiber Hawai’i is a biennial juried exhibit presented by Hawai’i Craftsmen since 1982. The concept “In, Of, or About Fiber” was conceived as a challenge for artists who work in media other than fiber to try making pieces with a “fiber sensibility”. This might include coiled clay, woven wood, woven fused glass stringers, and mixed media installations. In this exhibit you will enjoy seeing some of the interpretations of the theme created by ceramic, wood, glass, video and mixed media artists. More traditional examples of fiber art: loom weavings, shibori, tie dye, painting, stitching, quilting, paper making , handmade books and collage are also on display. A very unique work created by Kauai artist Carol Yotsuda, is a fundraiser for the Hawai’i Community Foundation Maui Strong Fund. Her piece, titled “Let There Be Light” offers the opportunity to light the string of lights that have handmade paper sculptural lampshades by donating $25 to screw in a light bulb and bring light back to Maui.

Fiber Hawai’i 2024 was juried by Cameron Taylor-Brown, a well know fiber artist and exhibit curator from Los Angeles. In her juror’s statement she suggests that the work in Fiber Hawaii 2024 reflects a sense of place that is unique to these islands in both the materials and themes explored by the artists. The work maintains respect for traditional textile-based skills while also embracing experimentation. It is our hope that the viewer will engage with the many different approaches to fiber represented in Fiber Hawai’i and gain an increased appreciation for this varied medium.

2024 PROSPECTUS

Cameron Taylor-Brown discussing "Sunshine Shoreline" by Liz Train during the Juror Walkthrough. Image Credit: Tracy Chan/Downtown Art Center

Susan Mori, "Walking Through the Rainbow," detail

Left: Juror Walkthrough, Cameron Taylor-Brown, discussing the individual block treatments on "Patterned Windows" by Joan Namkoong. Right: "Patterned Windows" detail

Award ceremony, Pauline Sheldon with Liz Train, Cameron Taylor-Brown, and Jackie Mild Lau

"Let There Be Light," by Carol Kouchi Yotsuda, with collaborators: Bon Moore, Kathleen Ho, Seji Yotsuda, Pepe OrbeImage Credit: Tracy Chan/Downtown Art Center

Christine Valles, "Para Gusto, Hay Colores" (For Tastes, There are Colors), Crochet Detail

Ashley Jeneé Collins, "Reconnecting"

Carky Ainlay, "Weave & Believe"

Junko Sato Pollack, Stitched Mandala #8 Kaivalya - Oneness. Winner of the Tamayo Kotomori Award, sponsored by Amos Kotomori

Johannette Rowley, (Left) Girl in a Pink Beanie, (Middle) Deconstructed/Reconstructed, (Right) Bonjour

Exhibition

MAY 3 - JUNE 1, EXHIBITION

Fiber Hawai'i Exhibition 2024
Downtown Arts Center
1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Honolulu

DAC Gallery Hours: Tues. - Sat. 11 AM - 6 PM, Sun. 11 AM - 4 PM, Mon. Closed

SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 11 AM - 6 PM, LAST DAY OF SHOW

Closing reception 5 PM - 6 PM, and at 6 PM takedown show and pick up work.

The exhibition saw over 500 visitors on opening night!
Image by Tracy Chan/Downtown Art Center

Gallery Walkthrough Video

Award Winners

Image by Tracy Chan/Downtown Art Center: (Pictured L-R) Liz Train (Fiber Hawai'i Liason & Chair), Ghislaine Chock, Sheldon Wong, Wendy Kawabata, Cameron Taylor-Brown (Juror), Glorianne Garza , Pauline Sheldon, Junco Sato Pollack, and Pratisha Budhiraja.

Award	Artist Name	*Title*
Tamayo Kotomori Award, sponsored by Amos Kotomori	Junco Sato Pollack	Stitched Mandala #8 Kaivalya -Oneness
Merit Award in Memory of Shore Hodge Lipsher, sponsored by Julian Lipsher and Shelby Hughes	Wendy Kim Messier	Silk Hanging
2D Award of Excellence in Memory of Ethel Portner	Pauline Sheldon	Colliding Nebulae
3D Award of Excellence in Memory of Ethel Portner	Shelly Hoist	Waipio Valley
Kahiau Design Group Award, sponsored by Kahiau Design Group, Todd Dwight	Mia Zheng	Crackers, Hawaiʻi
Temari Award	Wendy Kawabata	Incursion II
Hawaii Handweavers’ Hui Award	Joan Namkoong	Patterned Windows
Garden Island Art Council	Pratisha Budhiraja	Attack of the Killer Nerve Fiber – A Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Left Wing Right Brain Fund, sponsored by John Wythe White & Victoria Gail-White	Sheldon Wong	Chained Silhouette, 2023
Chairman’s Award, sponsored by Liz Train	Angaea Cuna	Balat Triptych
Wearable Art Award Sponsored by MaryAnne Long	Carmen Scelsa	Mauve-you-lous
Merit Award in Memory of Jenny Matsuda, sponsored by Pat Hickman	Ghislaine Chock	Lifelong Conversations - in memory of Line D. (1952-2023)
Hawaii Stitchery Fibre Arts Guild Award	Glorianne Garza	Waves of Healing

Exhibiting Artists

First Name	Last Name	Title

Eve	Adams	Fern Spirits
Carky	Ainlay	Weave & Believe
Robin	Appasamy	The Middle Way
Wendy	Arbeit	Edgy Edges 2
Arabella	Ark	Exhuberant Tea
Arabella	Ark	Eclipsed Vase
Brooke	Auchincloss	For children who don't know the names of the nights...
Brooke	Auchincloss	Lineage
A.Kimberlin	Blackburn	Unraveling Her Past
Jake	Boggs	Prime Mover
Pratisha	Budhiraja	Vessel – Ili luna
Pratisha	Budhiraja	Attack of the Killer Nerve Fiber – A Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Pratisha	Budhiraja	Lyric
Ghislaine	Chock	Lifelong Conversations - in memory of Line D. (1952-2023)
Francisco	Clemente	A Queen's Dream
Cudra	Clover	Fungal Bungle
Ryann	Coleman	Candy Dish
Ashley Jeneé	Collins	Reconnecting
Amber	Coppings	The Gathering
Ellen	Crocker	Kukui
Ellen	Crocker	Is this Love
Angaea	Cuna	Balat Triptych
Christopher	Edwards	#164
Aileen	Feldman	"Fish Dreams"
Glorianne	Garza	Waves of Healing
Glorianne	Garza	An Eye for an Eye Leaves the Whole World Blind
	GIPAHO	KOHELEPELEPE
	GIPAHO	PAPAHANAUMOKU
Patricia	Golebieski	Heartfelt
Doug	Gordon	Underpressure
Lynn J Martin	Graton	Equatorial Belt
Lynn J Martin	Graton	Immersive Search
Lynn	Haia	Garden
Daven	Hee	interwoven
Linda	Hee	Lady Di, Tinfoil Helmet (for the sartorially inclined)
Vilsoni	Hereniko	'Af Lelei
Lynda	Hess	Goddess of War, 2 parts
Shelley	Hoist	Waipio Valley
Hazel	Ito	Storm at Sea
Joyce	Jeffers	Feeding time
Linda	Kane	The Landscape of War
Wendy	Kawabata	Incursion I
Wendy	Kawabata	Incursion II
Morgan	Kelly	Windjammer
Elizabeth	Kent	In Plain Sight (Braille)
Fatiha	Kheddaoui	Reclamation
Jinja	Kim Woollard	Pocket#9
Brett	King	‘Elua i ke aloha (two in love)
Amos	Kotomori	Dance to the Light
Mary	Leigh	Twists and Turns Makes Fiber Wild
Lisa	Louie	Melissa's Downward Spiral of Addiction
Lynn	Lundquist	Whirlpool
Connie Lee	Lynch	Be Merry and Bright Tapestry
Connie Lee	Lynch	Create in Corriedale Tapestry
Sidney	Lynch	Fujino
Suzanne	Marinelli	Wailele
Drew	Matsumoto	Indigo Dreams
Wendy Kim	Messier	Silk Hanging
Jackie	Mild Lau	A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
Jackie	Mild Lau	And Why Not?
Jackie	Mild Lau	Safe
Jackie	Mild Lau	Yesss/Noooo
Susan	Mori	Walking Through the Rainbow
Jane	Mount	Vernal
Joan	Namkoong	Fibonacci Blocks
Joan	Namkoong	Patterned Windows
Ian	Nash	Burlap Vase #2
Ian	Nash	Burlap Vase #3
Jane	Noe	Poncho Me
Rachel	Orr	Menehune
Cynthia	Oshiro	Behind the Mask
Jean	Otake	It's a Jean
Jordan	Paguirigan	He Kapa no Liliʻu
Jordan	Paguirigan	Balance In Tension
Junco Sato	Pollack	Stitched Mandala #8 Kaivalya -Oneness
Maya	Portner	Untitled (Gingko leaf design)
Jim	Powlan	Rainy Day
Paula	Rath	Jump! Small Kid Summer Time at Waimea Bay
Joy	Ritchey	Ahu'aila'au
Joy	Ritchey	Two Palm Basket
Allison	Roscoe	Friends
Allison	Roscoe	Twisted
Lyla	Rowen	Upcountry Afternoon
Johannette	Rowley	Girl in a Pink Beanie
Johannette	Rowley	Deconstructed/Reconstructed
Johannette	Rowley	Bonjour
Light	Ruth	Quilt Block
Light	Ruth	War Horse
Light	Ruth	Sunset
Hiroko	Sakurai	Where the Earth Seems to Meet the Sky
Georgia P.	Sartoris	By the Sea
Domenica	Sattler	Real Life Decision
Terry	Savage	Green Fissured Blade
Terry	Savage	Fissured Planet
Carmen	Scelsa	Mauve-you-lous
Carla	Schneider	Apapane
Samuel	Schryver	Martyr OS First installment of the Operating System Series
Michelle	Schwengel-Regala	Capillary Action: Limu, Limu, Indigo II
Paula	Scott	Diamonds and Rust
Paula	Scott	The Invasives
Pauline	Sheldon	Shakti Rising
Pauline	Sheldon	Celebrating the Sunset
Pauline	Sheldon	Colliding Nebulae
Esther	Shimazu	Pit Venus
Donna	Shimazu	Pohas
Amanda	Smith	adapt
Bud	Spindt	Cosmic Effervescence
Danielle	Stanfill	Isomeric
Patricia	Steinhoff	Itʻs All In The Yarn
Beth	Stephano	Ocean Touching Sand
Jun	Szegedi-Duffield	Minhwa 1
Aljon	Tacata	Calm and Chaos
Christine	Tarski	The Reef
Christine	Tarski	Pieces of Gold
Christine	Tarski	Reflections
Margaret	Teruya	Haiku Valley
Kathy	Tosh	Take Your Time, Think It Over
Eileen	Towata	Metro Monster 2023.9
Liz	Train	Sunshine Shoreline
Liz	Train	Warp & Weft Honeycomb
Christine	Valles	Para Gusto, Hay Colores (For Tastes, There are Colors)
Nina	Weiser	Hui
Sheldon	Wong	Chained Silhouette, 2023
George	Woollard	Space-time
Kimiko	Wu	Hibiscus Expressions
Carol	Yotsuda	Let There Be Light
Mia	Zheng	Crackers, Hawaiʻi

About the Juror

Cameron Taylor-Brown was introduced to textiles by artist Ed Rossbach at the University of California, Berkeley, and studied textile design at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, where she later taught woven design. Since 1985, she has lived in Los Angeles where she is active in arts and education. Her work is widely exhibited and has been featured in Fiber Art Now, American Craft, Handwoven and Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot. In 2019, she curated the critically acclaimed exhibit Material Meaning: A Living Legacy of Anni Albers at the Craft in America Center. She is the founder of ARTSgarage, a textile resource center in Los Angeles. and teaches workshops at ARTSgarage, schools, guilds, museums and conferences throughout the United States and Canada. She is a past president of California Fibers and serves on the advisory boards of the Fowler Textile Council and Textile Arts Los Angeles.

To learn more, visit her website.

Reflections/North Lake #2, Eastern Sierra, CA

2023

H 25” W 14.5”

Materials: linen, silk and paper yarns, silk and cotton fabric, wood and paint

Techniques: weaving, photographic transfer, embroidery

Photography: Cameron Taylor-Brown

This work was recently featured at a show at Craft in America, see it in person during our show.

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