Rhytidome

Traditionally, fibers were thought of as soft and warm, sculptures as hard and cold. Fibers need no longer be bound to beds and floors. Sculptures need not be limited to metal and stone. Fiber sculptures unravel those traditional notions by embracing techniques of both art forms.

Rhytidome melds the hard and the soft by utilizing sculpture’s wire armature techniques overlaid with hand-dyed silk organza. The delicate fiber layers, hand-stitched to evoke bark patterns common to the Pacific Northwest, coalesce around the armature, giving the impression of a hard, protective layer of bark that has just been peeled away from the tree.