Fiber
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Amy Garbark/garbella
$65Title: Sol Fern
Materials: Cotton, Iron Salts / Cyanotype, Birch
Dimensions: 8.25" x 8.25" x .75"
Description of the Piece: Fern Cyanotype Printed on Cotton in Hoop with Square Frame.
Artist Bio: Amy Garbark is an artist and maker who operates a studio (garbella) in Pittsburgh, PA. She is a fiber artist, printmaker, natural dyer and surface design enthusiast who loves learning new things.
Artist Website: https://www.garbella.net
Artist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garbella/
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
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Amy Garbark/garbella
$95Title: Sawtooth Star: Marigold
Materials: Cotton, Natural dye from marigolds, tango cosmos, and black knight scabiosa, Ink, Birch
Dimensions: 8.25" x 8.25" x .75"
Description of the Piece: Botanically dyed cotton (marigold, tango cosmos, black knight scabiosa) screenprinted sawtooth star quilt design on cotton: In Hoop with Square Frame.
Artist Bio: Amy Garbark is an artist and maker who operates a studio (garbella) in Pittsburgh, PA. She is a fiber artist, printmaker, natural dyer and surface design enthusiast who loves learning new things.
Artist Website: https://www.garbella.net
Artist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garbella/
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
207
SIlkDenim
$60Title: Silkea Bag
Materials: recycled denim
Dimensions: 12_H X 22_W X 16_D
Description of the Piece: You know that big blue plastic bag that only the most popular Swedish-furniture-maker could envision? We discovered that that bag could only be improved by a conversion into denim. Hence - the Silkea Bag. It's our most resourceful use of our denim leftovers in our zero-waste studio. Rough and wild. HUGE. You can keep filling and filling it. Perfect for any form of schlepping.
Artist Bio: Louise and Sarah Silk are a mother-daughter duo making Art-You-Can-Use as a response to unsustainable 'fast fashion'. They deconstruct worn clothing and re-fashion the fiber into one-of-a-kind garments, bags, quilts, and home goods.
Artist Website: https://www.silkdenim.us
Artist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/silkdenimpgh/
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
208
Penny Mateer
$85Title: Swept Away
Materials: Cotton commercial fabric
Dimensions: 13" x 15.5" x .25"
Description of the Piece: Quilt: machine appliqué and quilted
Artist Bio: Penny Mateer's art centers on social commentary. She exhibits widely and has received numerous awards including Best of Show Fiberart International. She was co-director of Knit the Bridge, a community-made public art project in Pittsburgh.
Artist Website: www.pennymateer.com
Artist Instagram: @pennymateer
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
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Erin Carlson
$90Title: This Way Up
Materials: Felted Wool
Dimensions: 4"x 5"x 3"
Description of the Piece: A Needle Felted Wool American Robin Sculpture with Nest and Eggs
Artist Bio: Erin Carlson is the creative force behind Red Cottage Fiber Studio, a practice devoted to weaving, felting, and gardening. Her work and teaching aspires to instill a love and appreciation for our region, the natural world, and local fibers.
Artist Websit: www.redcottagefiberstudio.com
Artist Instagram: @redcottagefiberstudio
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
213
Teal Fitzpatrick
$620Title: 'around the corner no. 5'
Materials: wool + raw linen + custom pine frame
Dimensions: 21.5 x 21.5 x 2.5
Description of the Piece: hand stitched rug hooking fine art work, created with wool yarn on a raw linen base and custom framed; bright palette of warm colors depicting a disorienting interior space
Artist Bio: Teal Fitzpatrick is a fiber artist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, creating non-traditional, hand-stitched, punch-needle rug art. Her works explore the impact of color, composition, (dis)orientation in space, and archetypal imagery.
Artist Website: https://www.tealfitzpatrick.com
Artist Instagram: tealfitzpatrickfiberarts
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
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Kirsten Ervin
$200Title: Nahual 2: Ajmaq
Materials: T-shirt yarn, monk's cloth, cotton twill
Dimensions: 16" x 20"
Description of the Piece: Hooked rug of Spiritual Symbol from Maya Calendar: Images feature Nahual Symbol, Condor Birds and Trees. The rug is constructed from yarn made from recycled t-shirts. The piece is a result of a recent trip I made to Guatemala to study with the rug makers of Multicolores. The Nahual symbol is based on my birth date and was given to me by my teachers in Guatemala.
Artist Bio: Kirsten Ervin is an artist exploring the intersection of illustration, fiber and community. She regularly teaches rug hooking and punch rug embroidery at Contemporary Craft and curates The Silver Apple Gallery, one of Pittsburgh's smallest art venues
Artist Website: www.kirstenervin.org
Artist Instagram: @kirstenervinart
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.