Visual Art

Turquoise and Mesquite

| Christina Keibler

It’s fall in Santa Fe, and that means in the chilly evenings when I walk outside at night for one of my many peaks at the Milky Way, the smell of mesquite burning in a few home fire places is in the air. To say it is a magical experience would be trite; the scents of Santa Fe in all seasons are simply unmatched.

This piece is inspired by the mesquite and turquoise that are so tightly linked to this region. They feel like “home” to me in many ways, along with roasting green chiles, the smell of pine in the air, and blue corn. Wear this warm wrap with its pull-through design and you’ll feel these things, too.

The fibers used in this fully reversible piece include hand painted blue faced Leicester, a Mikado art yarn, and top merino. This piece is wet felted and shrunk for optimal drape and warmth.

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Turquoise and Mesquite.
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Fibers used in this piece include hand painted blue faced Leicester, top merino, and Mikado art yarn.
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This piece is fully reversible.

Neptune’s Repose

| Christina Keibler

When I first visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium several years ago, I fell in love with the kelp forest exhibit there. I am, admittedly, enthralled with all things “water”, but the kelp forest and its ecosystem inhabitants hold a special, magical place. I can almost believe that mermaids exist, for if they are going to be swimming and causing mischief anywhere, a kelp forest would be an intoxicating location.

“Neptune’s Repose” is the first in a series with the colors, images, textures, and visceral feel of the kelp forest ecosystem. A fine iridescent blue/green silk is nuno felted with a variety of fibers, including Teeswater lamb locks in an intoxicating green for fringe and kelp accents, hand-painted blue faced Leicester roving as kelp, steely blue and shiny mohair locks for schooling sardines, mulberry silk hankies for sheen, and an aquatic mix of blue faced Leicester, silk, and merino for accent.

This reversible piece, with its “painting” on one side and crinkled texture on the other, reflects the two-sided nature of the inspiration. The colors and fibers provide the final character of both sides, yet in very different ways, like the mythic nature of Neptune himself, and the nature of our ocean habitats.

I will be selling this piece during the Eldorado Arts and Crafts Association fall show on October 24th and 25th in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Neptune’s Repose by Christina Keibler

 

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Neptune’s Repose by Christina Keibler
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Neptune’s Repose by Christina Keibler

 

Bayou

| Christina Keibler

This nuno felted scarf is subtle and sultry, like a slow-moving current on a bayou in Louisiana, and might reflect what Monet would have painted had he visited the mysterious locale. The fibers include yak, silk, and merino on a silk gauze base; the different fibers lend a shimmery and luxurious texture to the piece, especially on the cream-colored reverse side. Yes, this scarf is reversible!

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