VICKI ESSIG •   PENLAND, NC

Vicki Essig is a full time artist living and working in the mountains of North Carolina. Studio work includes weaving and paper making, collecting and observing. Her work is quiet, contemplative and deliberate. Vicki’s professional career began over two decades ago, when she studied hand weaving, textiles and design. She later became proficient at working with uncommonly fine yarns and slowly developed a body of work that incorporated intricate patterns with remnants of nature and fragments of old books. She recently built a new studio where she will continues her exploration of textiles along with paper, and book arts. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and can be found in the collections of The Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina; North Shore University HealthSystem in Chicago Illinois; Fidelity Investment Bank in Raleigh, North Carolina; as well as at Baylor University, the University of Washington, and the Universities of California at San Diego and Santa Cruz. 

"I walk in the woods everyday. I find myself being educated by my environment and lulled by the beauty of being alone in a quiet spot. I collect pieces of natural history on these walks. Later I introduce these treasures, all objects of reflection, to my quiet weavings. These pieces are a reminder that the small bits of nature that we  overlook and disregard are still there, waiting to be seen. In viewing my work, my hope is that for at least a moment, you will be lost in the discovery of the minute, the quiet of repetition, and the beauty of nature and pattern. 'Collections' at Blue Spiral Gallery has allowed me to share a selection of these poetic treasures."