From the Inside Out - Felt, Paper & Textiles: Revelations of Natural Mark Making - An International Exhibition!

Elizabeth Adams-Marks, 2012

My dear friend, Pat Vivod, and I, both from Illinois, USA, were approached by the Jacoby Arts Center 

to put together a fibers show of our recent work in rust printing, eco printing and natural dyeing. After many long, but lovely planning sessions at our favorite coffee houses, diners and kitchen tables, we decided to invite a few other fiber artists who also use natural materials to join us.  

And they all said YES!

Thus, we are pleased to announce we have partnered to curate and participate in 

a 2014 international fibers exhibition

From the Inside Out 

Felt, Paper, Textiles: Revelations of Natural Mark Making

at the

 Jacoby Arts Center 

Alton, IL, USA

August 22 - October 3, 2014

Our honored guest artists (in alphabetical order) are:

Irit Dulman - Israel

Fabienne Rey - Netherlands

Rio Wrenn - Oregon, USA 

Although Pat and I have been friends and exhibited together for many years ... 

Fabienne and Irit got together for few days in the Netherlands in 2013 ... 

and Pat has spoken to Rio many times by phone ... 

and we all communicate regularly through social media and emails ...

as a group, we have never met face-to-face. 

Yet, maybe ... someday in the future ...

we might gather in the St. Louis area, or perhaps, 

somewhere overseas!  

Elizabeth Adams-Marks, 2012

For more information about the exhibition and each individual artist, plus regular updates over the next year as the project develops, here is the link to our blog:

From the Inside Out

Please join us for the opening on August 22, 2014!!

Cow Chow Inspirations

My current work, often inspired by place, is a culmination of a lifetime of collecting bits of memory, a love of family, Christian faith, and a passion for the cornfields and pastures that surround our gardens and small 1930’s home. My newest work from the 2ndhandpaper collection is both conceptual and consumer based. The work incorporates ephemera collected on trips to Cornwall, England and London while visiting my husband’s family; handmade paper processed from my garden plants; and a collection of commercial boxes and bags from our pantry.

The Old Brown Cow and Other Moosings

The second conceptual book from the "Tossed and Found" show opening April 2 at Main Street Art Gallery in Edwardsville, IL was inspired by a Cattle Chow bag given to me by my mentor and close friend, Laura Strand, Professor of Textiles at SIUE. “The Old Brown Cow and Other Moosings” is a collection of famous poems about cows, along with a series of photos taken by my husband or myself of the cows that live next door during the summers.