Kaley is a multi faceted artist who has just begun her creative journey at Spindleworks. Showing talent in painting and textile arts, Kaley has no problem filling her one day a week at the center, and is excited to explore new mediums and techniques. She is currently working on an embellished art quilt. Stay tuned for more from this exciting new Spindleworks artist.
Anna graduated from Lesley College in 2002, and then moved to Maine. Her colorful vision finds life in her skilled chenille weavings, as well as her paintings which are inspired by the farm she lives on and healthy living. Anna also enjoys working in clay and is currently working on writing her autobiography. Anna is a strong advocate for people with disabilities, preferring the term ”Up Syndrome” to ”Down’s Syndrome”.
‘My artwork comes from my heart and the colors I do reflect my good moods. It is filled with colors-bright ones-because I feel good when I do it.’
Karen joined Spindleworks last year and is really getting into her groove. She has begun working with wood and fabrics and through these mediums is bringing her whimsical nature to life. Karen is comfortable in a variety of mediums and has really taken off in her textile design and sculptural projects. Stay tuned for more from this budding artist!
Loralei’s world is full of color and patterns. She is a masterful weaver and the only Spindleworks artist at this time to have brought back to the studios the art of rug hooking (which she mastered in just a few minutes). She spends her time dedicated to these two activities as well as detailed embroideries, and while she may sign that it is “hard” she will continue unfettered, delighted by the vibrant colors.
Grace’s permanent smile seems to reflect in all of the artwork that she does. She is a disciplined and focused weaver whose warps incorporate a wide variety of fibers. Her paintings are delicate and ethereal, both in mark and color. Her prints are textural translations of the same style. Grace also enjoys working in ceramics, making a variety of vessels, and puts her all into anything that she puts her hands to. Grace has also taken to new heights a spool knitter — a needle-less knitting device which she uses to make sculptural hats, shawls, belts, vests, and rugs.
Mitch’s creative world is full of superheroes, good and bad guys, beast masters, and mythical sword wielding monsters. He has many stories to tell, whether visual, written or oral, and thrives on having an audience to tell them to. Recent endeavors have included a kung fu movie, a music video and three dimensional beasts made from clay. Mitch is also a proud musician and member of the two person house band “Jazz Angel”. He and his counterpart jam regularly throughout the week.
Danielle Philippon was born in Montreal and graces us with snippets of her native French language. Her paintings and drawings in pencil and oil pastel on wood or paper often feature ”ouiseaux” (birds) or wide smiling faces that look out from the page with sometimes startling directness. Danielle also embroiders her images on small swatches of fabric. Though most often shy, if there is a microphone nearby you may be lucky enough to hear her beautiful rendition of ”You Are My sunshine”.
Tom is a model maker of extraordinary talent. Unlike most architects, Tom does not work from drawings; rather he draws upon his photographic memory of buildings and vehicles he has seen and just starts straight into the building process. His materials are the simplest–cardboard, chipboard, and construction paper (and on occasion, a needed embellishment of cloth, string or wire)–finished off with a coat of paint. Despite not using drawings as part of his process, when he does draw, they are equally exact and careful as his three dimensional work. His most recent model is of an excavator, inspired by the road work that has been going on here all summer!
Nancy Scott is a talented weaver who is also drawn to the culture of signs and symbols of social safety, instruction, and daily rituals: stop signs and traffic signs, mail trucks and orange highway markers. A jokester and prankster, her amusement with the absurd also finds its way into her work: a clock with no hands, a table with no legs and stories of inanimate objects coming to life. Nancy also is a theater artist and long-time member of the Spindleworks/Theater Project ensemble.
”I am a talented sound artist. I like to weave on my loom and make scarves. I also like to paint on wood. I made a ‘broken clock’ out of wood. I like to paint pictures of ‘smoke detectors’. I feel good about my artwork.”
Terri is a long time Spindleworks artist. She is a prolific painter, whose signature style consists of layers of drawing and painting, creating a lively, and agitated surface. Often her original pencil images, of bald eagles or blue birds, cats, dogs, or fish, become covered over with paint and then reappear nearby or on top of the initial images. Terri is a natural on stage and has also had her poetry featured in a number of publications. Weaving is another talent she turns to when the mood strikes her.
”I do fancy artwork down here. I like concentrating on my work and getting it done. Then I get paid a lot. I like painting and doing good fabric, yup. I like painting birds flying in the sky. That’s what I’m doing now.”
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