I have been a fiber artist for over 20 years, focusing primarily on the art forms of felting, textile dyeing, and eco/botanical printing on textiles. Currently, I run a working/teaching art studio in Hudson, WI, at the Seasons on St. Croix Gallery. As a teaching artist, I have developed a number of original workshops on various felting and dyeing techniques, and I have taught these workshops locally, regionally and internationally for a number of years. I have been an invited artist instructor at The Textile Center in Minnesota, the Midwest Felting Symposium, International Feltmakers Association, featured in “Worldwide Colors of Felt” book in 2016, along with many other venues. My collection of wearable and decorative fiber art consists of garments, accessories, home decor objects, and wall art. My work has been in several exhibitions, publications, and is in many private collections in the US.
Along with my business partner and husband, Harry Firth, we designed the innovative patented Palm Washboard line of tools for wet felting.