Fiber Hawai‘i is a biennial juried exhibition of objects made IN, OF or ABOUT fiber. It provides a space for the conflation of ideas such as art and craft—traditional and contemporary—functional and non-functional—past, present, and future.
#102
Ceramic
Christopher Edward
#107
Ceramic with gold luster
Christopher Edwards
#136
Raku-fired ceramic, steel wire
Christopher Edwards
#141
Ceramic, polymer
Christopher Edwards
#142
Ceramic
Christopher Edwards
A TISKET A TASKET
Fiber Basketry
Gail M. Toma
ALONG THE WAY
Tapestry
Kathy Tosh
AURUM 79
Intaglio printed on palm fiber and gilded with gold ink and Kanazawa gold powder
Pratisha Budhiraja
BENEATH THE SURFACE
Felted wool
Elizabeth Train
BLOCKS
Woven Tapestry
Elizabeth Train
BORO
Dyed and pieced hemp fiber hand stitched
Wendy Messier
BRIAN’S SHIBORI QUILT
Fiber Indigo Shibori Dye
Gail M. Toma
BUBBLE WRAP
Resist fulled wool
Sheri Leven McNerthney
BUMFGULLA JACKET
Felting and Sewing
Ron Kent in collaboration with Elizabaeth Kent
COCO BOWL
Palm weaving
Joy Ritchey
COCONUT
Wood carved
Francisco Clemente
CONSTELLATION
Kapa with watercolor and gouache
Georgia P. Sartoria
CONTINUOUS
Tea leaves on corrugated cardboard
Jennifer Ko
DARK ENERGY
Resin with acrylic trapped between a Yupo and a transparent sheet after a process of 40 days minimum for complete drying 350
Monica Anderson
Dark matter
Resin mixed with golden and transparent violet high fluid acrylics trapped between a Yupo and a transparent sheet after a process of 40 days minimum for complete drying
Monica Anderson
DEED
Vintage (19th century) paper collaged and woven; ink, paint
Charlotte Forsythe
KE KUHIKUHI
Palm sheath, raffia
Dianne Ige
LĀLĀ
Palm sheath and bract, raffia
Dianne Ige
LAU PĀMA
Palm sheath, raffia
Dianne Ige
PU’O’A
Palm sheath stitched with raffia
Dianne Ige
DIVERGENCE
Gauze
Joy Ritchey
EARTH
Hand embroidery, stenciling and painting
Patricia Greene
EARTH SHIMMERING
Handwoven Taiten Shibori Cotton with Indigo, Osage, and Quebracho Rojo dyes
Ghislaine D. Chock
(NOT MY) FAULT LINES
Machine stitching: cotton canvas, shibori dyed cotton
Linda Taylor
FELTED JACKET
Felting
Ron Kent in collaboration with Elizabeth Kent
FISHTRAP (FROM BLOOD MEMORY)
Inkjet print, burlap Michelle Conley-Harada
Rebecca Goldschmidt
GOOD MORNING
Cotton, mercerized cotton, feathers Coil basket
Joyce Jeffers
HANKIE
Cotton cloth, human hairs, thread, hair spray, rice starch Sewing
Sadaf Naeem
KUALOA TIMELAPSE
Watercolor and pastel on vellum and illustration board, with thin yarn supported by stainless steel and or fiberglass in aluminum frame
Craig Kagawa in collaboration with Ruth Light
#METOO
Mixed media; hemp fiber, vintage fiber items, pearl buttons, thread
Linda Kane
HIDDEN WORKFORCE
Mixed media; Dress patterns, images, encaustic wax, thread
Linda Kane
LOTS OF KNOTS
Found objects on beaches including rope knots and fishing floats tied to plastic frame
Ruth Light
MAMITA
Yupo hard paper, resin and acrylics. Technique, pouring, stamping.
Monica Anderson
HONU RETURNS TO LANIAKEA
Hand dyed silks, linens and cottons, dyed with indigo and rust
Paula Rath
SUMMER WAIMEA BAY
Hand dyed silks, linens and cottons, dyed with indigo and rust
Paula Rath
REFLECTIONS ON HALA/PANDAN
Silverpoint drawing on archival paper, reflective thread stitching
Michelle Schwengel-Regala
SISTERS
Wool Tapestry
Kathy Tosh
SPIN CYCLE
Batik fabrics,machine appliquéd, quilted
Margaret Teruya
SPIRIT MOUNTAIN
Woven sculpture
Suzanne Marinelli
TOWER CRANE EMBROIDERY SAMPLER BOOK
Digital Sewing Machine Embroidery
Maya Portner
TREASURE OR TROUBLE: POLYMETALLIC NODULES I, II, VIII-X KNITTED METAL
Copper, aluminum, steel, brass, and seawater in readymade object (glass)
Michelle Schwengel-Regala
TRIBUTE JACKET
Dan Foley Changed the Social Fabric Sewing
Elizabeth Kent
UNTITLED
Paper Assemblage
Sara Oka
WARP & WEFT
Computer-generated animation, recorded onto motion picture film. Then, printed film is laid out and mounted onto a custom-built light box for display
Brian Black
WHILE YOU WERE RESTING
Hand embroidery, machine sewing, emergency blanket
Reem Bassous
パフェデパ-ト
Mixed media embroidery on monk’s cloth
Michelle Conley-Harada