Rebecca Welsh

Artist Statement / Biography

Update: 2022 Lots of great organic fabrics, natural fibers naturally dyed...sustainable, slow fashion, supporting agriculture!

Come see the glorious colors that can be created from natural dyeing. My focus is pure colors on silk, linen and cotton from plants, tree bark and insects.

The silk is mordanted to allow the fiber to retain the color. Then one at a time each scarf is dyed. The scarves make beautiful gifts or are wonderfully self indulgent. It will be hard to choose between all the colors!

My handmade hats, shawls, scarves are made by me from the finest yarns available from the US, Europe and South Africa.
I create my wearables by using free-form crochet, though consistently formed! I create what I want to wear myself- super soft, luxurious yet wearable every day.
Come to our barn studio that captures the soft northern and eastern light.

Biography

2014-2021 creator of naturally dyed scarves and fine wearables, woven, knit and crocheted exhibiting around New England and Nantucket

2008-2014 owner/partner HWD Felt...designing felt products and producing with Nepali felt workshops in Kathmandu, exhibiting at NYC & Atlanta International Gift Shows

1996-2008 owner/partner Hansard Welsh Design, creating wearable and sculptural felt art, exhibiting at the Smithsonian Craft show, Philadelphia Museum craft show, American Craft shows across the US

1994-1995 Fox Graphics, printing artist's (Leonard Baskin, James Apponovich, +) Lithographs, woodblocks at Herb Fox's fine art studio

BA, History & Geography, UVM and Boston University

Independent studies at the Museum School Boston , Harvard Extension School and Maine Photographic Workshops