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By h. MARTIN and TONI WHITE
Rappahannock New* Contributing Writers
The fiber art show on exhibit at the Middle Street Gallery in Washington is diverse and exciting. In many pieces, raw fibers of the earth are twisted, turned, woven dyed and painted to create magical, whimsical and sometimes archetypal forms. Many of the works seem ceremonial, calling on the forces of nature and the world of pure energy.
Two woven pieces in the front room created by Janet Kerig are visually interesting juxtapositions of familiar images. “Mamaloosa Papaloosa” is breathtaking - a sort of 3D picture of a papoose made from vines and hemp. Ms. Kerig takes the roughly textured materials and gives them pure grace. “Yin Yang” is a beautiful form using less vines and reed and more space.
Nina Moore’s small, framed, handmade paper “Morning Mist” is delicately eloquent (look for it around the left comer in the front room). Dianne Waldron’s leather and wood “Seventh Moon” soars through the gallery’s middle room.
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