Ferne Jacobs Catalog
The Craft in America Center is pleased to present the first ever retrospective of Los Angeles artist Ferne Jacobs. Since the 1960s, Ferne Jacobs has been at the forefront of the revolution in fiber art. She has pioneered ways to create a new category of sculpture. Transforming materials and pushing boundaries, she builds solid structures with coiled, twined, and knotted thread. This exhibition is the first to survey more than fifty years of Jacobs’ pivotal and timeless work through the present. Jacobs’ intimate drawings and collage diaries, which have never been publicly displayed before now, provide an additional lens into her vision, inspiration, and philosophical perspective.
The Craft in America Center is pleased to present the first ever retrospective of Los Angeles artist Ferne Jacobs. Since the 1960s, Ferne Jacobs has been at the forefront of the revolution in fiber art. She has pioneered ways to create a new category of sculpture. Transforming materials and pushing boundaries, she builds solid structures with coiled, twined, and knotted thread. This exhibition is the first to survey more than fifty years of Jacobs’ pivotal and timeless work through the present. Jacobs’ intimate drawings and collage diaries, which have never been publicly displayed before now, provide an additional lens into her vision, inspiration, and philosophical perspective.
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1980s CONTAINER FORMS
The Curl Has a Voice, 1983
Coiled waxed linen thread
3 ¾ x 6 ½“
Collection of Naomi Roth
Dwelling, 1984
Coiled and twined waxed linen thread
8 ½ x 7 x 4”
Collection of Alan Mandell
Solitude, 1985-1986
Coiled and twined waxed linen thread
3 ¾ x 6 ½ x 17 ”
Collection of Patsy Krebs
Red Wave, 1988-1989
Coiled and twined waxed linen thread
10 x 6 x 9”
Collection of Karen Frederick
LARGE SCALE WORK
Serpent Figure, 1989-1990
Coiled and twined waxed linen thread
42 x 11 x 22 ½”
Collection of the artist
Spiral Bone, 1990-1991
Coiled and twined waxed linen thread
44 x 13 x 16”
Collection of Joan Borinstein
Veil, 1996
Coiled and twined waxed linen thread
87 ¾ x 7 x 4”
Collection of Eileen Kurahashi
46 BUILDING THE ESSENTIALS: FERNE JACOBS
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