5.05.2009


sheila hicks



an american fiber artist

(b. 1934)



her journals say it all


sheila has lived in mexico,
chile, india & morocco

guerrero, mexico 1964


ps: i think she wants to
take us to a secret garden

13 comments:

Kylie said...

What a fabulous find - thanks for sharing this! K

Chelsea said...

She is so amazing- fantastic notebooks- makes me want to keep a better notebook.

neki desu said...

thank you, thank you.one of the weaving legends.
those incredible wall pieces at the TWA terminal in NYC are(were?) hers.

neki desu

kristina - no penny for them said...

beautiful - and what a wonderful scrap-book!

T|B|M said...

I want to escape to that guerrero garden!
...great find...

LettertoJane said...

This is probably my favorite post of yours, every image is just a treasure, thank you.

malo said...

Amazing. What a treasure.

CONFETTISYSTEM said...

so beautiful! all the places i would love to live!

Seth said...

Love the look of those journals. And the photograohs themselves are treasures too.

heartloop said...

i love work on paper, handwriting, drawing, etc.. so seeing artists journals is always such a treat. thank you for this!

louise and nivaldo de lima said...

Great images. I love the guy in the background of the first one, dressed in white. V cool!

bern said...

i love this post. the journals are just amazing, i have never seen them before. thank you for posting this!

Anonymous said...

What a lovely post - a great addition to my learning about such a talented lady. Thanks