“I have always been fascinated by fabric – it’s texture, its versatility, its ability to be manipulated and still be a tactile piece of woven material.”K. Grace Howes has worked with fiber for most of her life, first making garments for clients in her native Bahamas then, with a family move to North Carolina, shifting her focus to quilts. This shift in how she worked with fabric eventually evolved into the fiber art pieces she now produces.
Grace’s work is a process of exploration whereby she creates pieces that are mostly abstract in nature using colour and form in a non-representational way. As she describes it “I play endlessly with line and shape, letting a piece speak to me as I try to map out its formation.”
These days you can find Grace in her studio making quilted artworks, playing with paper and fabric to produce her handmade journals and sketchbooks or up to her elbows dyeing or adding surface design to fabric.
With her fascination for colour, deeply rooted in her cultural history, and a connection and adherence to her own spiritual authenticity, Grace’s journey in art making is a never ending process.
WEBSITE: www.redbarn-studios.com
BLOG: http://www.redbarn-studios.com/blog/
ETSY: www.redbarnstudios.etsy.com
E-MAIL: grace@redbarn-studios.com
Red Moon (2009) 17-1/2" x 19"
Mother Love (2008) 29" x 25"
GreenPiece (2008) 10" x 9"
The Place to Be (2007) 11" x 9"
Breathe (2009) journal
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