Kendra Biddick

The text on the quilt reads: You could have solved this. Why was I NOT worth it?

This piece started as the small wet-felted piece in the center, where I saw a child in tears. Why was the child in tears? Because she had read about her ancestors’ beautiful world, but her world is a scorching one where the water is rising and the sun beating down when she isn’t coping with destructive storms. The earth itself, of course, is just fine and will survive no matter what. But for humans it is hard to merely survive. Her grandparents generation had not been willing to put her needs above their own short-term pleasures. (cotton, silk, wool; 10” x 19 3/4”)

Acrylic fabric paint and cotton stitching on cotton; (11” x 14”)

wet-felted alpaca; (5”h x 11.5”w x 3.5”d)

Inspired by a recent trip to Crater Lake. (wet felted alpaca, wool, tencel, 15 1/2” x 12 1/4”)

Wet-felted wool and silk on cotton with cotton thread and glass beads; (11 1/2” x 14 1/2”)

Wool, cotton, polyester, glass beads; (18 3/4 x 13 1/4)

Wet-felted alpaca and wool (12”h x 5”d x 5”w)

Wet-felted alpaca and wool; (7”h x 6”w x 6”d)

Wool, tencel (4”h x 9”d x 4.5”w)

Alpaca, wool, cotton, glass (7”h x 6.5”w x 9.5”d)

Wool, alpaca, cotton (6”h x 7”w x 6”d)

Paper on paper (12” x 18”)

Paper on paper (24” x 18”)

Ink on paper (5 3/4” x 8 1/2”)

I was listening to what was going on in the world at the time, and it came out different from what I intended. I made this on my needle felting machine with wool fiber and wool yarn, then I wet felted it to make it really tight. The texture changes and the straight lines made by the yarn when laid out become crinkly as the wet felting progresses. This piece looks completely different each time it is turned 90 degrees. (wool)

Olga is one of my favorites. Her hat is hollow. (Alpaca, silk, wool; 8” x 4” x 4”)

wool yarn, alpaca (Sold)

This started as a piece of laminated or nuno felt. I couldn’t decide which side I liked better, so I decided to use both sides by folding the right side over the back. I love winter, when I can see the bones of the trees and the landscape. When I look at the snow-covered ground, I see the plants resting, gathering strength for the next season’s blooming. (cotton, silk, alpaca; 13” x 15 1/2”)

Llama, alpaca, wool, silk, cotton, glass beads (About 5’ x 3’) Sold