Fiber Artist, Teacher & Mentor
About Rhonda
I love the challenge of capturing the “spirit” of the subjects I choose to depict in my art. Whether it is a person or an animal, each has something to communicate and it usually involves a look, an expression or even a position.
I started to devote more time to my art over the past 15+ years. Every piece of art that I create gives me the opportunity to learn more about the diversity, complexity and addictiveness of using fabric, pigments and stitches to create a statement.
Oftentimes, when people see my art pieces, they are amazed that they are not paintings. From my perspective, they are.
However, instead of just pigment, I utilize a multitude of different fabrics and the dimensionality of quilting to add to and enhance my art. My art stimulates a desire for a closer look and a tactile confirmation that the art includes stitching.
I am on a continuous journey to explore the possibilities of using fiber art to focus attention on the concept or idea I have chosen to represent.
Rhonda's offerings for her techniques, Pigment Patchwork
- Do you enjoy art quilting and want to explore ways of expressing yourself, including using pigments in your art quilts?
- Are you interested in taking control, developing your self-confidence and learning more about pigments?
- Don’t consider yourself an “artist” or you have felt daunted by works that others have done?
- Don’t know where to begin, or how to find the information or are intimidated by all the options that are out there?
- Have you tried studying art quilts created by others, reading articles, looking at demos on YouTube, or signing up for classes… And nothing has quite worked for you?
- Do you wonder how to find the right approach to learn about and practice using pigments in your art quilts if you’re apprehensive and lack confidence in yourself and your abilities to enhance your own creative voice?
- Wonder how you justify spending time and money on solutions like attending classes, reading articles or looking at short video demos if you can’t seem to motivate yourself afterwards to continue learning on your own?
Workshops
"Get Pigment Confident" (GPC) Challenge
I offer my 8-wk GPC Challenge groups on a regular basis, depending on interest. To see details about my next Challenge start date, click on the button below.
Lectures and Workshops
I am happy to work with your guild or group or shop to customize or design a lecture or workshop to meet your needs.
Current Lectures / Workshop Offerings
I am always defining new workshops, so please click the button below for the latest information on my offerings.
Shortcut link to Rhonda’s artwork
Purchase merchandise based on images of my work.
For example, FQ-size fabric printed panels, limited-edition prints (SML), magnets, stickers, and blank note-cards.
Books by Rhonda
Rhonda has books that she authored, including her latest, ‘Pigment Patchwork: Artful Techniques for Fabric Embellishment’
Full-color printed FQ Fabric panels
Fat-Quarter-size (fabric size is 18" x 21", with the prints as large as they can be to fill the FQ, so sizes vary).
Numbered limited-edition giclee prints
Numbered limited-edition giclee prints of my fiber art on fine archival paper, ready to be matted and framed by you.
Other Misc Items
This limited-edition, low inventory category includes misc items including: printed double-sided Eco Bags; Specially printed Porcelain Tiles, Large (12 x 12) & Small (6 x 6); Round printed Coasters; Acrylic Pins; and Metal Printed Display Tiles w/wood base.
Blank note-cards
Blank note-cards of my fiber art, either individual or sets.
Stickers
Stickers of various sizes, including sheets, made from prints of Rhonda’s fiber art
Acrylic Pins
Acrylic Pins printed with a full color image of Rhonda’s artwork, featuring a rubber clutch.
Magnets
Magnets of various sizes, including sheets), made from prints of Rhonda’s fiber art.
Other Representation:
Please call or look online for hours of business.
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Prairie PastTimes Arts & Crafts, 220 1\2 Broadway St, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845. Phone: (620) 273-6003
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Emporia Arts Center (EAC) Gift Shop, 815 Commercial St, Emporia, KS 66801. Phone: (620) 343-6473