CHARLOTTE BIRD has been creating textile-based artwork for over 25 years, exploring a variety of art forms, including art quilts, textile based sculpture and artist books. Her current work focuses on shapes and patterns in the natural world particularly in Alaska. She hand dyes most of her fabrics using a variety of mark making techniques. Her work is primarily hand drawn and cut, fuse appliquéd, machine stitched, machine quilted and often hand embroidered. She was Artist in Residence in Denali National Park in 2014. Her work is in public and private collections throughout the United States including in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum of the North permanent collection.

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