Jessica Kincaid spends the day in the Fiber Department teaching students her adapted peyote stitch and presenting about recent works.
THE FIBER GARDEN
Students in the natural dye class are working away on the new dye garden.
Shadowplay window project
Space Between Papers, elective students are busy installing handmade paper installations in the KCAI Jannes library.
Large scale sheet forming
Students in the elective, Space Between Papers, try their hands at large-scale sheet forming for the first time.
Juniors spend the afternoon with Jason Pollen
Marie and the Spring 2017 Juniors spend the afternoon with past Fiber Department Chair, Jason Pollen, to discuss meeting challenges in the studio.
Papermaking with rag.
The papermaking elective is recycling old print table covers into usable pulp for papermaking. It's 100% cotton so it makes great pulp!
FIRST CUT - Prototypes & Processes From the David T. Beales Studios for Art and Technology with Bryan Czibesz
Celebrating the new David T. Beals Studios for Art & Technology at the Kansas City Art Institute, this exhibition embraces indeterminacy, experimentation, discovery and the potential of digitally fabricated art. In addition to finished works made in the Beals Studios, it features the creative process with the inclusion of prototypes, computer aided drawings, experiments and documentation, First Cut highlights select student works across various fields revealing the evolution of ideas as they engage technology. Bryan Czibesz, one of the top makers in the field of ceramics using digital technologies, conducted a workshop at KCAI last fall. With the assistance of students, he created the 3D printer capable of printing directly with clay which will be on display and functioning in this exhibit.
Fiber is pleased to have multiple students participate in this exhibition!
An Afternoon with Debra Smith!
Marie and the juniors spend the afternoon at Haw Contemporary with Debra Smith to see her solo show, Recent Work. That's the way to start the 2017 semester right!
Winter Work: Fall 2016 End of Semester Show
We are excited to finish another great semester together!
FALL 2016 END OF SEMESTER CLEAN UP!
After cleaing the department we make a delicious meal and eat together!
Basketry Mastery
Marie Bannerot McInerney taught the juniors some fun basketry techniques outside today. Portable fiber at its best!
KCAI Fiber Welcomes Miss BABY LOCK Jane as the Newest member of the Department!
The Fiber department adds two new semi-industrial straight-stitch machines to our sewing room! The Baby Lock Jane machines provide a stepping stone between the Bernina home machines and the variety of industrial machines. Pictured is Fiber tech, Lexie Johnson, demonstrating the new semi-industrial sewing machines to the faculty and juniors.
Juniors at the ArtSpace
Marie Bannerot McInerney took the juniors to visit the Flatfiles exhibition at the Artspace today. They will look for inspiration in the work there to use as starting points in a series of material studies.
Juniors visit new fab lab
Marie took the fiber juniors to visit the new fab lab, the David T. Beals Studio for Arts and Technology, on KCAI's main campus. There they met Nathan Neufeld, the technician, got a tour, and saw some of the machines in action!
We got a TC2 Jacquard loom!!!
The Fiber department is incredibly excited to have a new Jacquard TC2 loom on campus. Pauline Verbeek-Cowart, chair of Fiber, is working with senior Natalie Spicker to get the machine up and running in the new David T. Beals Studio on main campus. We can't wait to see what students make with this incredible machine!
Fiber to Form Critique!
In Fiber to Form, students will examine various methods of working with protein and cellulose fi- bers to create two and three-dimensional surfaces and structures in felt and paper.
2016 Senior Picnic
On the last day of school the Fiber faculty take the senior class on a picnic on the lawn of the Nelson Atkins museum to celebrate their graduation. It's always a fun time!
top to bottom, l-r: Elise "Stubbz" Zwikelmaier, Renee Zagorski, Luis Gonzalez, BoiBoy, Avery Dennison, Kenn Ball, Lauren Chastain, Evie Hanson. Not pictured, Kelly Gruber
Spring 2016 department clean up
End of semester clean up day is always hectic. Pauline treats us all by bringing in a bunch of yummy, healthy food and everyone pitches in to make a group lunch. It's the best part of the day!
tracy hudson visits the department
Tracy Hudson, alumni, visited the department today to share her research on traditional textiles techniques. She demonstrated a backstrap loom and how to spin cotton fiber into yarn. We also got to see some of her amazing textile collection!
papermaking outside
papermaking students beat kozo outside!
