Nadine Spier
CA
email: lovetoweave@cox.net
web: nadinespier.com
Nadine Spier is an award-winning fiber artist and instructor. Her elaborately woven vessels and sculptures are displayed internationally in solo, invitational and juried shows. Using nature as inspiration, Nadine lovingly transforms fallen plant materials into beautiful and unique shapes. She considers basketweaving to be an important environmental art that nourishes the spirit and provides an intimate connection with nature. With over 20 years experience, Nadine has take the art to a new level of integration between material and form by creating rhythmically shaped vessels, many incorporating unique stones as the "heart of the vessel." She has an impressive record of exhibitions, commissions, and awards including the Handweavers’ Guild of America Award of Excellence and many First Places and Best of Show. She lectures and teaches basketry at museums, conferences, universities, and community colleges in the U.S. and Canada. Her work has been published in numerous magazines and in "500 Baskets: A Celebration of the Basketmaker’s Art" by Lark Books (2006). In 2002 Nadine was featured on the Discovery Channel. She is a member of Fiber Artists Collective and Designing Weavers.