Candy Meacham

 
 

I weave wool narrative blankets and wall hangings applying color and surface design with needle felting.  I am interested in the use of symbols to represent universal themes.


Influences include Canadian Inuit wall hangings, clothing, and sewing techniques and Native American designs and images.  I am riveted by color.  I have been drawn to travel in Guatemala and Mexico where I have developed a keen appreciation for wonderful combinations of vivid primary colors.


By education and profession I was an occupational therapist for 30 years.  During my training, I encountered my first loom and began to weave.  Now my days in the studio weaving images and patterns are fueled by stories I hear in the evenings when I teach English to immigrants.

 

Education:

2001 Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, certification in teaching English as a Second Lang.

1996 Tufts Univ. Childcare Design Institute

1971 University of So. Calif. Masters in Occupational Therapy

1968 University of Calif. BA in History


Publications:

Published articles in weaving and fiber magazines including

  1. -Piecework

  2. -Handwoven

  3. -Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot


experience

Exhibited in juried shows and group exhibits including

  1. -American Craft Council Fairs in Baltimore and San Francisco

  2. -Pacific NW Arts and Crafts Fair, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

  3. -Best of the NW, Seattle, WA

  4. -Whatcom Artists Studio Tour, Bellingham, WA

  5. -Lark Textile Design, Bellingham, WA

  6. -Seattle Weavers Guild, Seattle, WA

  7. -Whatcom Weavers Guild, Bellingham, WA

  8. -Whidbey Weavers Guild, Coupeville, WA


Received Seattle Weavers Guild Grant to travel to Canadian Arctic to study Inuit textiles.


Sold weaving locally and nationally for 20 years.


Taught weaving to adults and children in workshops, parks and recreation classes, and public schools for many years.


Current work in progress

  1. 1.“Specific Dreams”  A weaving mapping a place in my heart.

  2. 2.Flow Project, Works reflecting on questions brought before us during artists’ inquiries.  re:  Arts and leadership.  http://www.theflowproject.org/ 

  3. 3.Commission:  Wool shawl with needle felted images.