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Macrame Curtain, venetian blind cord, 72 X 48 in., 1970 With a feeling of disillusionment in the painting scene, Myrrh, like many others, turned to crafts in the 1970s. However, as much as she enjoyed producing patterns in macrame, she really wanted to draw. In 1973, she turned to batik, and in 1978 to SHIBORI |
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| Borromini,
22 X 40", 1971 featured in Macramé: Techniques and Projects (Menlo Park, CA, 1971, Sunset Books) |
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| The
California Crafts Museum won national attention
when it started in 1980. For 15 years it was a venue for crafts as
fine art produced in California. In 1995 it merged with the Museum
of Craft and Folk Art at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Myrrh was one of the founders of the California Crafts Museum, and its first exhibits installation coordinator. |
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| Myrrh
with a selection of her batiks One way to make large works is to do modules, for instance, hexagons. This led to a study of HEXAGONS IN NATURE and human artifacts. Myrrh did batik from 1973-1980 and shibori from 1979-1982 |
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| After
exploring cracking patterns (batik) and branching patterns (shibori),
Myrrh learned paper marbling. After marbling her paper, she made small
(5-6 inch) polyhedra from it, introducing a contrast of soft and hard
shapes. These make spectacular Christmas ornaments.
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Myrrh has been making Christmas ornaments since childhood, when the family moved around and had to create everything anew. |
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