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Art to Wear Exhibit: WomanMade Gallery, Chicago

WomanMade Gallery: 685 N. Milwaukee, Chicago Yes, my specialty is crochet, and yes I am the author of the  Fine Art of Crochet: Innovative Works from Twenty Contemporary Artists.  However, I love fiber in all of its forms and Art-To-Wear is no exception. The Art Wear movement established firm roots in the decade of the eighties with the publication of Julie Schafler Dale's incredible book,  Art To Wear . Dana Balwin: Wild & Wooly Bride, lamblocks, embroidered, beaded, felted , Deborah Hirshfield: Triumverate of Maladies, silk, dye, wood, thread, wool roving Deborah Hirschfield: Untitled Melis Agabigum: When You Told Me to Go Along, I Should Have Asked How Far, coppper, powdercoat, waxed cotton Suzanne Peterson: The Weight of Overindulgence , glass, nicket, video Cydney Lewis: Blackberry Necklace, plastic bags Dawna Davis: Elizabethan's Treasure, wire The above work is the closest they came to choosing a "crochet-like...