“My work is a combination of quilting, dyeing, and embroidery. I am striving toward sustainable studio practices by repurposing fabrics bound for the landfill and using hand techniques as much as possible. The themes in my work explore the relationships between humans and the landscape. As a result I work with a variety of imagery including satellite imagery of impacted landscapes, USGS maps, historic maps, and my own memories of viewing the landscape through a car window.”

I am not a weaver who likes to do the same things over and over, even use the same color scheme for a long time. I want to experiment and play with colors. - Elin Haessly

Deb Munson is an encaustic and mixed media artist, her main focus is encaustic art. Encaustics involve hot wax painting, the process of using heated medium to which colored pigments have been added. Molten medium is then applied to a surface.  She is a self-taught artist working out of an upcycled chicken coop now known as Coop Studio.

“I chose natural dyeing and botanical printing as a way to reduce, reuse, revive, reinvent and reimagine my fabric stash accumulated over 30 years of garment design, construction and alterations.”