Mary Parker
Parker Folk Art--all things fiber
Category: Visual, Fiber Arts, Folk/Traditional Arts
- Address
- New York
- Website
- parkerfolkart.wordpress.com
- Contact
- Mary Parker
- mparked@aol.com
I am a fiber enthusiast and work with all things fiber--spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, rug hooking, baskets. I have recently hooked several series of rugs relating to Westchester and Putnam County historical places and figures and gravestones as folk art. See below for upcoming shows throughout the two counties (the border being very nebulous in previous centuries.)
- Education
BFA in Dance from Tisch School of the Arts.
Studied rug hooking with Marilyn Bottjer and basket weaving with Judy Flanders.- Resume
My hooked rugs have been exhibited in shows in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont and I have appeared on HGTV and the DIY network. My work is also included in several Schiffer publications. I am the current president of the Westchester Area Basketmakers Guild. Upcoming rug shows are: NovemJuly 20ber 2012 Club Fit Jefferson Valley, December 3-January 10, 2013 White Plains Library Museum Gallery, January 12-February 23 Pound Ridge Library, September 2013 Mount Kisco Library, December 2013 Mahopac Library Gallery, May 2014 Muscoot Farm Main House Gallery