DONNA FLENNIKEN, FABRIC ARTIST

Donna Flenniken has been working with fabric all her life. She was strongly influenced by her grandmother, a prolific quilter. Flenniken's work includes quilts, portraits, designs for children, and tapestries, many with Mexican themes and characters.

Her work consists of precisely planned and executed hand and machine embroidery and hand and machine quilting. A sense of order is at the heart of Flenniken's work, as in all quilt making, both in terms of process and symbolism. The metaphors of the quilt–making something of nothing and ordering random fabric pieces into a dynamic whole–resonate powerfully in her work. In addition to creating studies of light, pattern, line, color, and texture, she deals with themes of life and death, human relationships, and the mystical thread of myth that runs continuously through human experience.

Flenniken, who lives in Silver City, New Mexico, received a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston and a master's degree from Texas Christian University. She is a widely published journalist and has received numerous awards for investigative reporting and medical journalism, and she is a hypnotherapist and a practitioner of Neurolinguistic Programming.

Flenniken is available to create commissioned one-of-a-kind pieces in almost any design or from a good quality photograph. Prices are based on the size and complexity of the piece.

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