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Gathering Threads: Open Studio with Liz Borowski & Maude May
October 5 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT
Behind the scenes studio visit and open workshop with Maude May and Liz Borowski.
Celebrate Portland TextileX Month with an open studio weekend event with textile artists Maude May and Liz Borowski. Hosted in the studio of Liz Borowski, Maude and Liz will share their artwork, process and enthusiasm for textile art.
Visitors will have the opportunity to create a small unique artwork; please join us as we gather around the table stitching, sharing stories and creating community.
Maude May’s stitched textile collages utilize images of the places she’s visited, the people she’s encountered and the experiences remembered. She is always taking photographs. These photos, inkjet printed onto fabric, when combined with other materials, elevate her daily practice into singular works of art.
Liz Borowski embellishes her watercolor paintings with needlework. Her current body of work is a series of figurative paintings with botanical stitching overlay. The process of stitching onto her paintings feels like a gesture of love and mending. By weaving together figures with the natural world, Liz hopes to create ties to nature that speak to a more authentic and true narrative.
Both artists will have small works of art for sale, and aspire to expand their TextileX Month open studio event in subsequent years to include more artists who incorporate textiles in their artwork.
