Chris Starry

"My Grandmother gave me my first loom over twenty years ago. This opened up a whole new world of fiber, color and texture. Weaving became my passion. I have always wanted to make beautiful things and wanted to translate this passion into something wearable. What greater joy than to wrap oneself in something soft and colorful. I also became fascinated with dyeing and love to use my ever changing garden as inspiration. I have combined my weaving and dyeing by creating soft, elegant scarves and shawls using tencel, silk, bamboo and other fibers."

Chris Starry has been a fiber artist for over twenty years. She is a member of the Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers and the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. Her work has been exhibited at the annual Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers’ show where she received special Juror’s awards in both 2003 and 2005. In addition she received First and Third Place in fashion accessories in the same years. At the Mannings Handweaving School annual show she received 1^st Place in fashion accessories in 2004, 2^nd & 3^rd Place in 2005 and 2^nd Place and People’s Choice award in 2006. Chris hand-paints as well as dyes her yarns and works mainly with tencel and silk.

Chris’s passion for fiber art has also found expression in the making of Temari, an ancient Japanese craft in which intricate designs are both woven and stitched on the surface of a ball.