Tracy Jamar gives a peek at several pieces of her most recent works.
Join Tracy Jamar as she shares what brought her to rug hooking and the trajectory that brought her to the work she’s doing now. She will give a peek at several pieces of her most recent works conceived by current events in her life: from the requirement to stay in place due to Covid to downsizing after the sale of her home.
About Tracy:
Tracy Jamar is familiar with traditional forms of needlework as she has been a restorer specializing in antique textiles, especially quilts and hooked rugs, for over 30 years. She started in 1979, at America Hurrah Antiques in NYC and, in 1985, opened Jamar Textile Restoration Studio, also in NYC.
In 2006, she returned to school to complete an undergraduate degree, an independent/individualized study of American history through women’s handmade textiles at Goddard College in Plainfield, VT. Soon after graduation, Tracy set her restoration business aside to make contemporary fiber works using traditional textile techniques.
Her works have been in juried and invitational exhibits: at the Farnsworth Art Museum; in a traveling exhibit to Japan; in exhibits in South Korea; and in a national tour with the Textile Study Group of NY among other places.
Tracy’s book, Coils, Folds, Twists and Turns: Contemporary Techniques in Fiber (2017) explores many of her techniques. She also contributed to American Sewn Rugs: Their History with Exceptional Examples with Jan Whitlock in 2012. They exhibited some of those rugs at Sauder Village in 2013. She appeared twice on the Martha Stewart Living television program and in Mary Sheppard Burton’s A Passion for the Creative Live: Textiles to Lift the Spirit and other publications.
Tracy was the keynote speaker at the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists (ATHA) Biennial in Denver, 2019. Her most recent award was for Best Sculpture at the Guild Hall Members Art Exhibit 2020 in East Hampton, NY.
You can learn more about Tracy Jamar and see her work at www.tracyjamar.com, and on FB and IG @tracyjamarfiberworks.
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