judy dominic

bio

Judy sort of fell into fiber art. Her childhood had the typical mud pies and seed pictures - nothing remarkable. Her parents did offer a good amount of craft play as they were heavily involved with scouting for many years and were great collectors of all sorts of stuff with 'potential'.

When looking for adult stimulation while caring for her first child, loom weaving just happened to come across her field of vision and offered a night out with the possibility of being a bit creative.

Weaving led to spinning which led to dyeing which led to felting which led to marbling which led to papermaking which led to bookbinding which led to ...

Basketry, a 3-D form of weaving, started as a way to get to know some local guild members without having to know much about weaving. It was also a means to weave during the day while her young brood was active as the loom was in the basement and the boys never seemed to be there.

Basketry took precedence over most of her fiber work for the majority of the past twenty-nine years. Related to, but not actual fiber (unless you count all the paper she has printed!), is the conference work she has managed since 1993.

Volunteering also plays a large part in Judy’s life, as she is involved with local/regional/national weaving and basketry guilds as well as church and community activities.

Hand-in-hand with an extremely suportive husband, her earlier experience in being a track mom has come in handy as she and her husband watch their three young adult sons race out into the world on their own - and bring back lovely young women to join the family!

Currently, surface design work via mud cloth and scrumbling, plus bookmaking and papermaking, are now jockeying with basketry for prime importance. Who knows what will end up being the focus for the next twenty-nine years!