David Thomas
NYC, NY
“From Death Comes Life”
“I am recently working in printmaking and I’m teaching a course at Manhattan Graphic center in N.Y.C. Dyed & Silkscreened with hand stitching on cotton. I took purple cotton fabric and silkscreened images of skulls and angels. Once the images were in place I bleached out the fabric destroying areas of image and color – then I tied and Dyed the fabric once again to bring forth new life. The red stitches on the sides, symbolize the blood shed – over this natural resource.”

Diane Knowtton
Syracuse, New York

Sally Dill
New York, NY
“Handy”
Stitched Fiber Construction of Aprons, pantie, Gloves, Linen Doily, Crocheted Doily, Dress, Hand gloves & Scarf.
“A stitched fiber construction was started in the late 1990’s while travelling thru upstate New York. I probably was stitching while passing Syracuse. How fitting that I have now tweaked the piece into a panel for the International Fiber Collaborative. I am a native of St Louis Missouri, the daughter of a quilter, the mother of three, the grandmother of three, and a mixed media artist and photographer, living with my spouse and working in New York City since 1995.This is the first time, gloves, from my ‘found glove collection’ have been part of an artistic endeavor.”

Eve Gage
Monterey, CA
Lave, ribbon, thread, hand stitched
“This is my first public space art project: it feels wonderful to participate with a community in full creative expression.”
evegage.com

Ildiko Szabo
Liverpool, England
Crocheted plastic flowers
“Enclosed is my panel. It probably get terribly scwished, just give it a good shake and it’ll be all right. Wishing you the best of luck with the project, it’s a brilliant idea!”

Pat Friedli
Nebraska, NE
Cotton Fabric, machined pieced, hand appliqué
“Sincere thanks for this great project. I admire you for doing something that will make a huge statement.”

"Goes Green"
Sharon – Green Bags
Courtney – Material
Cherrie – Crochet,  Assembledge

"Harmony"
Gualala, CA
“Good luck with the project. My Square is made from 100% organic cotton fabric swatches. Enjoy! In gratitude.”
harmonyart.com

Heather Thompson-Roberts Damariscotta, Maine
Artist of Back Meadow Studio
“Water Baby”
“Panel background is a Batik cloth in water hued tones accented with gold. Layered with 100% carded white Romney Wool formed into “Water Baby” symbols surrounded with drifting mists of gently manipulated Romney Wool. Glistening highlights in contrasting tones was achivied with mylar material used in my spinning and wool fiber product. The top layer to the panel is sea green tulle contrasting to the overall design. Machine stitched with multi-colored thread to add tecture and durability to the finished Panel.

Tatiana Sarasa
Baleares, Spain
“I am a visual artist from Spain and I am very pleased to participate at the Fiber International Collaborative Project. I send you the panel and my personal dates. I have chosen part of the lyrics of George Harrison’s song “ Here comes the sun”, as the sun is so much involved in our environmental problems; it is a threatening element if we keep on deteriorating our planet, but it can also be an important source of alternative energy.”
tatianasarasa.com

Jenny Haack
Springfield, Ohio
“Eating Fossil Fuel”

Keith A. Buchholz
St. Louis Missouri
“Oil War”
Reclaimed Crochet, Plastic Church Sign Letters
Keith is a St Louis, Missouri based artist working in Xerography, Found Object, Performance, Mail Art, Collage, And Artists Books Since the Late 70’s. He has shown in collaborative projects for over 25 years, and has shown in over 20 countries, worldwide. His work is held in many collections and Archives. Keith is a Fluxus Artist and is the founder of Fluxus/St.Louis Artfarm.    KeithBuchholz.Blogspot.com

Susan Krueger
Bowling Green Ohio
“Made From Oil”
Recycled plastic newspaper delivery bags reinforced with mesh from onion bags, recycled coffee bags and dried fruit bags, acrylic yarn, machine appliquéd, machine sewed, crocheted.
"Just a couple weeks ago I finally got around to reading my Nov/Dec edition of Fiber arts magazine and saw the call for participants in the International Fiber Collaborative. I went to the website and couldn’t believe that I actually knew where “the abandoned gas station in New York State” is! By Peter’s grocery store, right? – if it’s still there. We used to live in Syracuse years ago. Our two boys were born there, I got my MFA in Fibers at SU. Still consider myself a fiber artist.”

Anni Holm
West Chicago, IL
“Collectively We Can Make A Difference”
“Blue Epson ink cartridges plastic sleeves cut in strips, then knitted into skinny panels using recycled chopsticks, hereafter stitched together to create a square. The approximately 100 plastic sleeves that went into this piece were collected by the staff at the Photo Department’s Digital imaging Lad at Columbia College Chicago, and hereby saved from entering the landfill. Besides the gasoline most of us use for transportation, I believe we as artists also need to consider the many oil-based by products of our art making process that end up in the landfill.” anniholm.com

Claudine Intner
Annapolis, Maryland
“Give Me Oil Or Give Me Death”
Art Quilt using various fabrics.
“My piece stems from American political decisions that focus more on oil than human rights.” www.intner.net

Laurie Carlson
Arlington, MA 
“Fun From The Stock Pile”   (Four Panels Submitted)
BFA textile design, 1976 and MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts. LCH Designs, www.liteweave.com 
Hand woven pieces in patch work  Hand woven pieces in patch work too
Cut and sewn knitted sweaters Serged burlap

Cinzia Loddi and Meri Ciuchi
Sansepolcro, Italia
“Asimmetrica Ammore / Asymmetrical Love “
Fili Di Cotone-Pannello Di Cotone
Wires of Cotton – Cloth of Cotton
“Hello, we send our panel “Asimmetrical Love”, we are happy to take part in the exhibition. Good Luck”
-Cinzia Loddi & Meri Ciuchi

Peter Forbes
Syracuse, New York

Isabel Altamirano
New Orleans, LA

Jennie Turner, Redmond, WA
“Crazy Plastic”
"I took the plastic labels from plastic soda and water bottles. I cut them up and sewed then down in the style of a crazy quilt to make a big quilt block. After a while I began to think about the labels as fabric, not plastic. Now I am wandering what else to do with plastic bottles in place of fabric! I heard about your project through my needlework guild, PNNAG aka Pacific Northwest Needle Arts Guild. It sounded interesting, so I got started on a project. I am obsessed by all these plastic bottles we throw away, even though they can be recycled. Since a piece made of bottles would be too bulky I decided to make a panel out of the labels. I chose the technique of crazy quilting, using the labels as the “fabric” scraps. I dyed the background fabric and began quilting down the plastic labels. I am a nurse, and all my fellow nurses saved labels for me.”

Ann C. Kittredge Houlton, Maine  (2 panels)
"As this project is about the use of oil, I decided to collect all of my old scraps of synthetic yarn, derivatives of petroleum-based materials, and use them to knit a panel on which I then placed the caption “I Am OIL”. Then I knitted a second panel with all of my scraps of natural yarns; I even unraveled an old woolen afghan which was beginning to fray and recycled the wool by incorporating it into the second panel to which I applied the caption “NOT OIL”.

Lisa Post
New Rochelle, NY
“Bad vs. Good”
Felt, fabric, paints
"I tried to show the negative aspects of the depletion of our current energy sources, versus the positive benefits of alternative natural energy sources.”
www.Lisapost.com

Karen Kuhn  (2 panels)
Portland, OR
"Love-Joy” scrap jeans & old slipcover fabric
"Old Friends”   I cant seem to part with old jeans. This project was the perfect vehicle to move them onto a better place! Painter, stay at home mom.

Laura Grover
Bellevue, WA
“Addiction”
Cotton material, embroidered letters worked together in appliqué.

Jaye Whitworth
Long Beach, CA
“Rags to Riches”
From the Everyday Valentine Series’ 2008 3’ square 2” deep Double crochet using cut up rags, jeans, t-shirts, ribbons, bias tape, tulle; and lots of love, thought and attention. “I am basically an oil painter, though I also do a lot of assemblage work including found objects and ‘recycling’ of things. I was intrigued by the huge scope of this collaborative effort, as well as the focus of Jennifer’s green vision. My initial ideas involved cast-off materials put together in a rickety way to illustrate our environmental /energy policy (or lack thereof) in the US. Or, maybe a flag design with the words “Dear Mr./Madame President: Couldn’t we find a better way for America to take a lead? However, while working out ideas and process, I was thinking more about the amazing things achieved when people to come together for a specific purpose. I used a double crochet stitch to connect many different fabrics (read individuals) into a pattern ensemble (read grass-roots movements). This “Rags to Riches” is also a part of my current Everyday Valentine Series which represents the ‘love letters’ unsung heroes make every day when we care enough to make any effort for the better as we go through our journey’s in life. Jennifer Marsh and The International Fiber Collaborative have created a community environment of macro proportions by harmonizing many voices : enough to make a grand statement for all the world to see!”

Judy Freidel
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
“We Are All In This Together”
Quilted Panel with Appliqué, (some stiffened with poster board) Lettering painted with acrylic, face drawn with sharpie markers. Hand crocheted edging… original pattern. Quilting both hand e-machine.

Mary Hubbard, Seattle, WA 
“Winter Dreams / Fears”
Silk orgauya motifs tacked on to a synthetic tulle
"The piece was generated from a collaborative effort between Vreni and myself.  Vreni had done a piece that recalled her memories of Swiss Winters.  I took the motifs from that piece and constructed the larger piece. Together we thought we could back it on tulle and send it to you for your installation which was something we both wanted to participate in. The materials are, silk organza, synthetic tulle and silk and cotton thread.  I formed the motifs that a crocheter friend calls dodos connected them and then tacked them down to the tulle. If you want to see more about the process, you can see my blog entry at merakidesigns.blogspot.com"   - Mary

Suzanne Barr
United Kingdom
Crochet & sewing
(I belong to the Freedom Crochet Group)

Kate Taylor
Salem, Ma
Meaghan Schwelm
Plymouth, MA
A collaborative, yarn and crochet
www.Kittiesloveyarn.com 
www.cloudcuckooland.carbonmade.com

Melissa Vogley-Woods
Columbus, Ohio 
“Falling Buffalos” 
Various Cotton Cloth, Acrylic Paint, Markers, Thread.
“Thanks”-Melissa
www.Melissavogleywoods.com

Fran Watson
Summerville, South Carolina
Peggy & Victor Smith
Summerville, South Carolina
“Earth and Oil”
Sewing, painting & gluing

Francine Slippert, Gatineau, Providence of Quibec Canada
”Hold My Hand”
"My panel was entirely made with recycled pieces of knits found in thrift stores. As a textile artist I am always looking for a new challenges. I am a passionate collector of scraps of fabric. Much of the material in m work is reclaimed fabric. I love exploring thrift stores, searching for materials. I make dolls; I knit miniature dresses for dolls, and creating whimsical fashion designs. My panel was created out of that same spirit, I love to transform ordinary things into new objects. I found pieces of old knits and created a pot of flowers being supported by a pair of gloves for this panel I am sending you. I hope you like it as much as I have enjoyed creating it.”

Brenda Parker, Winchester (Hampshire), United Kingdom
“Surface Tension”
Old dress lengths, bits of silk and lace, beads, stitching, slashing, cutting, machine sewing and embroidery, and layering.
“The original idea for the panel came from an article in the Observer newspaper October last year. Described how a group of artists had gone out to capture what had happened when a giant oil company created more than 700 vast, poisoned waste pits in the rain forest. I liked the notion of the group that if anyone can save the planet it will be artists.”

Jackie Kirner, Boca Raton, FL
Fused, quilted panel w/machine stitching and bamboo batting. Road segments: Faded gray blazer, machine stitched road stripes. Grass/corn/warning stripes: my photos printed on fabric. "Thank you for organizing this collaborative fiber project. It is one of those opportunities that screems “Heck Yeah” I’m going to be involved in this! I’m living in ever-expanding suburbia pavement and behemoth vehicles charging about. Rampant consumerism and incredible waste abound. Your chance to speak up about our oil dependency is greatly welcomed!! A few neighborhood friends will also be submitting their panels. My quilt offering is enclosed. Made from a recycled faded blazer printed with my photographs. I’m quite curious to see how those self-printed fabrics endure the elements! I’m curious about the same of the quilt as a whole, in fact!! Looking forward to the successful installation of your project.”
www.bloggingatblissfullyimperfect.blogspot.com

Johanna Tarallo
Syracuse, NY
Material used: Fabric and A Friend!

Linda Miller
Culver City, CA
“untitled”
Quilting and appliqué on cotton and corduroy
http://lindamillerdesigns.blogspot.com

Lynne Walker, Tyler, TX
“Tyler Texas, Take Stand!”
“Hand knitted from Wal-Mart plastic bags using 15mm needles. Each time I worked on this project my eyes became red & burned! Non-Toxic, huh!”
"I was born in Australia, and transplanted to Texas many long years ago. I discovered working with textiles when I was searching for a solution to a garmet embellishment problem, for a picture that did not exist except in my head. (Pre-computer era) I had to create it, first with a rough sketch, then laboriously cutting and joining timy pieces of fabric into an appliqué. I have had no art or handwork education and am dyslexic with regard to perception, so each work I create is a challenge. I love dogs, and have designed a series of hand knitted Chihuahua garments that Will stay on. (Mine used to wriggle out through the neck, so it was necessary to create.) My specialty is embellishment garments with 3-D pictures, unique and one-of-a-kind. I sew, knit, crochet, incise and paint ceramic green ware, love to design new projects using recycled materials, and to redesign clothing to have new lease on life. My credo is “Reuse, Repair, Recycle, Rescue” Jennifer, I thank you for allowing me to participate in this wonderful event. I wish for all nations to make great efforts to save this glorious planet and life that we have been granted.”
www.dollstronake,com  (click on Crafter Corner then on Artwork)

Marie Haigh, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
“Ode to Quilting”
Material: Lion wool by Lion Brand Yarn and 5 plastic buttons
Technique: Knitting and Mattress Stitch
Process: Shapes (squares, rectangles, and triangles) were knitted up and then sewn together to form a 12-inch square. When nine such squares were completed, they were sewn together to make a 36-inch square afghan (panel).
"Enclosed is my Ode To Quilting afghan. It was crafted in true quilting fashion; each square, rectangle and triangle was knitted separately and then seamed together to create nine 12” x 12” blocks. Thank you for letting me be apart of this project. I am proud to help draw awareness to our oil crisis through my little afghan.”
www.knittedgems.com 

Priscilla Stultz
Fairfax, VA
“Go Green”
Recycled garments, thread, batting, wonder under-machine pieced & quilted – machine appliqué  www.priscillastultz.com

Rachael Elwell, Lanncashire, UK
“Hello from the UK! I have finally finished the fabric square for the I.F.C. project. This is the first fabric work I have sent to anyone and I am kind of nervous about it! I took this opportunity to explore my new sewing machine, which is the very first sewing machine that I have owned and have ever used. This is why this piece is a bit crazy, messy and experimental and I had lots of fun making it over the past few weeks. I hope that the piece is what you are looking for to contribute to your project. My first reaction to the brief was to knit something as I am more familiar with that medium. But, as I began to knit together some old clothes and curtains I was astonished at how heavy the piece was becoming, and so I began on this panel instead. Which will be much lighter to send though the post. I would still very much like to make some more collaborative fabric pieces. I would like to wish you all the very best of luck with you current project and I am looking forward to seeing the progress in your blog.”

Margy Alexander
Portland, OR
“Things Will Never Be The Same”
Recycled clothing

Adamandia Kapsalia, Chicago, IL
“Web Net”
Lavender Cotton Yarn / Crochet
“As I was working on this crochet project, I began to think of this square of fabric as a fisherman’s net… repaired after many uses so it would hold its shape. I look forward to seeing the completed project on your website.” synaptic-patina.blogspot.com

Ellen Rella
Bayside, N.Y.
“Roses Are Red”
Quilted cotton flannel

Jelen Kimley, West Palm Beach, FL
Jelen Kimley is: Lesley Davison, Helen Otterson, Kim Spivey, Jennifer O’Brien
“Pimp My Pump”
Assorted fabrics, acrylic paint, beads, recycled shopping bags.

Kenya Rodriguez
Santo Domingo,
Republica Dominicana

Kids from Barcelona, Spain
Participants:
Emilio Elias Perez - age 9
Ma Teresa Elias Pgaez - age 11
Alba Elias Barcelona Ranos
Miriah Castro Perez - age 12

Kristin Roach, DeKalb, IL
“I used grocery shopping bags that I cut into loops then looped together to create one continuous weft. I used this to create a plain woven structure on a 4 harness loom. To me the bags signify not just our consumption of petrol chemicals, but also the disposable consumerism practiced so readily in our nation.”
www.Kristinroach.wordpress.com

Lois Fusco
Boca Raton, FL
"Left Overs”
“Single Crochet Stitch. I used yarn of all different weights that I had around the house. I must admit this isn’t the prettiest but I got lots of practice.”

Carol Lung
Huntington Beach, CA
Recycled Plastic Bags

Malcolm Cruickshank, Edinburgh, Scotland
“My fabric square is based on a 3x3' square of car upholstery fabric. Onto this I ironed plastic shopping bags. All these rely on and are based on oil. Plastic bags are a hot topic of debate in the UK at the moment and the car upholstery fabric represents the automotive industry as a whole.” Malcolm is a textile artist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He often works with discarded materials and is a maker on the
www.craftscotland.org where further information is available.

Martha K. Grant, Boerne, TX
“If Mama Ain’t Happy, Ain’t Nobody Happy”
Commercial cotton fabric quilted, beaded, embellished, screen printed, and glittered.
www.Marthakgrant.com

Marie McGinnis, Tully N.Y.
“End Of The Line"
Acrylic Yarn; crochet
“When I first read about this project, I thought og the lines from a dong “Tis a gift to be sinple, Tis a gift to be free”. This panel was inspired by Amish quilt patterns. I’m not sure if the red in the middle represents the light at the end of the tunnel if we change our dependence on oil. Or if it is the fiery abyss into which we fall if we don’t.”

Joan Patric , Ithica, N.Y
“Sock Shingles”
Very old men’s socks, wool and acrylic, cut and pieced together

Rose Marie Ginsburg, Berkeley, CA
Beth Isreal Knitting Group
“Foil Oil”
Wool, knitted, appliqué, embroidery
"This project started as an afghan but the wool was too itchy and some people were allergic to the wool. Perhaps it was spun right off the sheep. We decided your project was perfect for this. The gas station will not itch!”

Deborah Parks
Presque Isle, Maine
“Dependency Carries Too High a Price”
Cotton fabric panels, polyester fiber batting machine sewn together. Patches are pieces of gauze dipped in acrylic red paint. Black stenciling and splatters (to look like oil) are done w/ acrylic paint. Photos ironed on using fabric photo paper.

Rebecca Scalf
Oakland, CA
“Mined”
All acrylic, including white plastic shopping bags through the middle section. Crochet.
www.myspace.com/witherwing.com

Sandie Abel, Madison, WI
“In Winter Is the Preservation of the World”
Knitting, Embroidery, and Appliqué
"Your project, which I heard of from Fiberarts Magazine, intrigued and delighted me. All my life I’ve refused to learn to drive. Except for go-carts as a kid, I’ve never driven a vehicle. Never having driven, I can attest to the fact that you don’t need a car. If you don’t have one you choose where to live and work based on public transit. This has allowed me to live and work based on public transit. This has allowed me to work part-time instead of full-time because I don’t need vast amounts of money for car payments, insurance, fuel, maintenance, parking fees, etc. My employer offers a bus pass for $5 per year for unlimited bus rides anytime and anywhere. It’s hard to argue with economics like those! Good Luck with your project I look forward to seeing the finished result!”