Deborah Silver earned a BFA in Fiber from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Her woven creations have been shown in many national and international juried exhibitions, winning several prizes, including the Complex Weavers Award and First Place in “Complexity 2018: Innovations in Weaving”. She has received the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award and a Cleveland Jewish Arts and Culture Fellowship award. Her work employs the split-shed technique, transforming traditional weave structures into a signature method of handweaving. She teaches split-shed weaving workshops, with a focus on embracing one’s individual creative vision. In 2018, Deborah authored “The Technique of Split-Shed Weaving”, a book illustrating pictorial weaving on 4-shaft looms. Her recent art is drawn from American women’s history and from memorials found in old cemeteries.
Workshops:
Split-Shed Weaving Deep-Dive: Multiple Structures on 4 Shafts (3 Day)
Split-Shed Weaving: Five Unique Structiures in One Threading (2 Day)
Spolit-Shed Weaving: Creating Imagery with Color-Blending (1 Day)
Seminars:
None
Website: https://www.deborahsilverstudio.com/