Linda Filby-Fisher
In 1970, armed with advice from her grandmothers, Linda launched a
quilting project at a community mental health center and began her first
quilt. In 1987 she became a professional quiltmaker, and in 1989 a
quilt artist. For many years she had a dual career as a
psychotherapist and an artist. So often, the issues discussed in
therapy were also represented in visual form in the quilts. In
1999 she closed her psychotherapy practice and moved fulltime into the
studio. She now divides her time between commissions for
residential and corporate clients, noncommissioned exhibit pieces, and
quilt restoration. Linda's work has been exhibited in juried shows
and galleries, and published. It has been the featured work in
public space exhibits and can be found nationally in private
collections.
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Dignity
Celebration of Life series
44"h x 69.5"w
2004
$4566.82
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Artist Statement:
Stories of dignity are told in the Life Blanket draped over the Central
Figure's shoulder, in the Tree Totem to her left, and in the Medicine
Wheel behind her.
The integration
of all beings is seen in the Central Figure; this integration is
represented by the lion, the elder profile, and the tree bark overlay.
Her center is symbolized by the standing figure with bear, and the
pounded metal breast plate. The Central Figure creates her own
totem.
Materials and techniques:
Fabrics from USA, Italy, India, Guatemala, and Africa; hand made paper,
copper mesh, tin, feathers, beads, rock, bark, a milagro, and
carved fetish.
Hand pieced, drawn, painted, printed, stamped, and pounded.
Machine pieced, appliquéd, embroidered, printed, and quilted.
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Ancient Rhythms 1
Quilt on a Frame series
12"h x 10"w
2003
$537.63
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Artist Statement:
Ancient rhythms from the life force of all beings, all generations
synchronize our hearts.
A completed quilt
is incorporated into a collage which has been created on stretched
canvas. The quilt and the collaged canvas remain separate, but
interdependent.
Materials and techniques:
The assemblage was created using international cloth, acrylic paint,
permanent ink, metals, beads, parchment and hand made papers, and found
objects.
Hand painted, computer printed, and hand sewn. Machine pieced,
appliquéd, and quilted.
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Unity 2
Quilt on a Frame series
12"h x 9.75"w
2003
$537.63
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Artist Statement:
One spirit, Many voices. Each story woven with the same Light and
the Medicine Wheel sings.
A completed quilt
is incorporated into a collage which has been created on stretched
canvas. The quilt and the collaged canvas remain separate, but
interdependent.
Materials and techniques:
The assemblage was created using international cloth, acrylic paint,
permanent ink, metals, bamboo, photographs, hand printed watercolor
paper, and text.
Hand painted and computer printed. Machine appliquéd and quilted.
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