Char terBeest Kudla
medium: textiles
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Contact information
P.O. Box 438
Baraboo, WI 53913
Email Address: baraboobags@centurytel.net
Web site: www.helensdaughters.com
Artist statement
I began my artistic life by constructing willow baskets,then building assemblage boxes and finally designing handbags. I like to make things that hold "stuff." My mother, Helen, taught me how to sew at age five. I love combining color and texture along with interesting shapes and pattern making. All handbags start in my sketch book, then I draft a pattern, find great fabric and sew the pieces together. I love hand stitching and fashion subtle details using beads, buttons, lining and fabulous notions. I work in my home studio. I love what I do and inventing objects people admire and use.
Biography
From the age of five I have been creating things. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. I taught middle/high school until 1984. I left my job to craft full time. Willow basket making, boxed assemblage and, lastly, handbags. I taught at Siever School of Fiber Arts for 20 years. Taught at Arrowmont School of Craft. Awarded an Artist Fellowship Grant in 1987. Wrote books on basket making. Started The Fall Art Tour and The Very Merry Holiday Fair. I do regional Art Fairs and Shows. Member of many art/craft associations. Work closely with my community. Visionary. Dreamer. Cancer survivor!
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