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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Waterfall,
2000-2001
RECENT WORK
Interior Passages, 2016
Coiled and twined waxed linen thread
45 x 16 x 4”
Collection of the artist
Transparent Sunlight, 2016
Coiled and twined waxed linen thread
10 x 8 x 6”
Collection of Kay Sekimachi
Origins, 2017-2018
Coiled and twined waxed linen thread
51 x 17 ½ x 4”
Collection of the artist
Whispering Whale, 2021-22
Coiled and twined waxed linen and
various threads
70 x 12 x 2 ½”
Collection of the artist
BOOKS
Drawing Books, 1971-2019
Collection of the artist
Collage Diaries, 2004-2018
Collection of the artist
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