Untitled from the collection of San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

Untitled, 1956

Wool

67 x 32 in (170.18 x 81.28 cm)

Inv: 2007.345.1

Originally a painter, Mary Balzer Buskirk was drawn to the art of weaving in 1955. Buskirk, who moved to Monterey from the Midwest in 1960, is a pioneering fiber artist whose wide-ranging body of work testifies to an abiding passion for the world of shape, color and texture. Working with this type of materials gave her the challenge to inventing and discover techniques to give her vision life. Buskirk experimented with three-dimensional form, adding elements of gold leaf and painting on her weavings.

Techniques: Hand dyed, woven
Culture: American
Geographic Location: North and Central America, United States
Credit Line: Gift of Fred Buskirk

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