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Carol Kimble, Bozeman Find Carol Kimble on Facebook or the SAQA website, saqu.com.
Carol creates art quilts using commercial and recycled fabrics combined with hand-dyed fabrics and embellishes with
painting to add to the visual substance, dimension, and emotion.
"I use all kinds of fiber, dyes, paints and objects to represent my current feelings, questions, emotions, memories, and
experiences. e tactile process of connecting what I see, feel, hear, and remember is how I share and record my journey.
"In my childhood, my family had a wonderful Japanese friend who loved making fabric art. We would visit her often and
I was mesmerized. She taught my mom how to sew as she was a professional seamstress. She would take me to her "up-
stairs" where all of her fabrics, fibers, buttons, trims, and threads were organized and stored – brocades – embroidery – wispy
– shiny – silks – cottons – wools – color – smooth – rough – so much to see and touch and remember."
Debbie Smith
Miles City
www.debbiesmithart.com
Debbie's art figures possess a mystical
spirit. Debbie is in the Certified MAP
(Montana Artpreneur Program) Artist
through the MAC (Montana Arts Council). "I am a mixed media
artist living under spectacular skies where the Yellowstone River runs
through the quiet prairie. e addictive open space of the plains pro-
vides an opportunity to contemplate nature, divinity, and the human
world as one, allowing the expression of my art to materialize into
spirit figures or "Guardians."
"Each of my Guardians is inspired by the essence of an individual
who has crossed my path—messengers whispering the shared wisdom
preserved deep within our hearts where ancient memories are stored.
"I have called upon my needlework skills acquired over a lifetime,
incorporating the use of found organic objects and adding thoughtfully
sought-out beads to create my figures. e Guardians take flight into the
world on re-purposed bedsprings emerging from hand-painted wood
block bases.
Guardian
No. 717
Persist Firewalk
Guardian
No. 917
Guardian
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