Kodiak Fiber Artists Fall To Pieces In Show DAILY MIRROR STAFF Liz Mitchell played it by ear to supply Kodiak visual artists with inspiration for the February exhibit at Fly-By Coffee and Goods. Patsy Cline’s hit “I Fall To Pieces” has long been a favorite with the fiber artist, so she suggested it as a theme when asking for submissions to the exhibit she organized. “I just wanted to see what they could come up with,” Mitchell said. “I wanted something that was Valentine-ish.” The show highlights fiber arts and “assemblage,” which Mitchell explains as a fancy way of saying “collage.” The thematic suggestion worked for Natasha Zahn Pristas, who contributed two works. She planned to create a watercolor, her favored medium, but then found a cassette cover showing the country singer. Pristas thinks of her assemblage piece “Patsy ReCline” as a “paper doll for adults.” She combined the cassette cover with magazine cutouts and fringe. “And then I’ve attached it all with copper wire, so she’s moveable,” said Pristas, who found a way to emphasize the Valentine mood. “She’s wearing a heart on her sleeve.” The show includes other familiar names from the Kodiak art scene as well as some fresh faces, Mitchell noted. Both can be found in the Troxell family. Sally Troxell took up felting to have a more portable craft, useful for when she’s babysitting grandchildren. “I have to have something with me at all times,” she said. While her quilts have appeared in previous shows, Troxell’s part in this one consists of felted wool hats and bags. Joining the exhibit is a batik piece by Sally’s daughter Ingrid Troxell, the first the younger artist has sold. “I Fall To Pieces” also includes work by Cathy Wilson, Bonnie Dillard, Cat Schmidt, Amy Barnes, Mary James, Elizabeth O’Donnel and Susan Jacobson. An opening reception will be held 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, at the coffee shop.

Originally Published In the Kodiak Daily Mirror On February 3, 2005







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