Hand Painted Fiber Art from Raw Fleeces
CURRENT WORKS
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SEQUOIA SERIES 01Undyed carded and raw wool.
Mounted on plywood arch.
48" W x 96" H
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SEQUOIA SERIES 02Felted wool and plant-dyed wool.
Mounted on plywood arch.
48" W x 96" H
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I AM THE BIRD MY CAT IS THE WOLFFrom THE LILY TOO SHALL FUNCTION art show at Jones /Studio AHEAD September 2023 Felted wool from the artist’s sheep
Framed
30" W x 40" H
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PRIMORDIAL LULLABY SERIESFelted wool from the artist’s flock.
Frame mount
28" W x 42"
On view at JG SWITZER -
Mermaid 1I was afraid to swim... until I met a mermaid.
Framed
3' W x 4' H
On view at JG SWITZER -
Sheep Dream #1Undyed, felted wool from the artists' flockWall Mount with "Living Edge"6' W x 8' LOn view at Jiun Ho New York -
Sold OutWater Finds a Way 3 - SOLDWool, seaweed, raw silk.6' W x10' HSOLD -
Untitled
(Alpaca piece)"Living Edge" wet felted edges, intended to be wall mounted on velcro frame.
7' H x 4' WOn view at JG SWITZER -
NEVER FAR FROM THE FLOCKEntirely “cast” in cream Wensleydale wool from the artist’s sheep; this piece is a quiet study of raw fiberFramed with "Living Edge" at base
7' H x 4' W
On View at JG SWITZER
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CHERRY BLOSSOMOmbre canvas of felted wool from the artist's flock with plant-dyed cherry blossom trail
Framed with "Living Edge" at base
4' W x 7' H
On view at JG SWITZER -
THE WOLF COMES AT NIGHTFelted Wool
Framed
3' wide x 4' high
On view at JG SWITZER -
MY SHEEP HAS THIS DREAM LAST NIGHTFelted Wool from the artist’s flockWall Mount and "Living Edge"6' W x 9' HOn View at JG SWITZER -
PANGEA #2Undyed and Indigo dyed wool
Floating Frame
44.5" W x 35" H
On view at Jiun Ho NY Showroom
Featured in Cloth - 100 Artists Book by Lena Corwin -
WOOD DRAGONFelted, Undyed Wool from the artist’s and local wool
Velcro Mount with "Living Edge"
80" W x 53" H
On view at JG SWITZER
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jessica Switzer Green is a fiber artist in West Sonoma County, CA where she “paints with wool”, a process she pioneered. Her “paint” is the raw fleeces from 20+ breeds of sheep, including her own flock. Notably, Switzer Green was recently selected by jury as an artisan to participate in HOMO FABER 2024 in Venice, Italy.
“It starts with sheep. I fell in love with the beauty of raw fleece when I moved back to a rural area of California and brought a flock home. Wool is rarely seen in the raw, often turned into yarns designed to be woven and is processed into a material unrecognizable from its original form. My Wensleydales and Romneys were exploding with raw wool every spring and the beauty was just blowing my mind. The same year, I came across a large, industrial needle punch machine repurposed from the automotive industry, and decided to give it another life making artful, felted textiles. Seven years of experimentation with 20 or so different sheep breeds has led to this sharing. Wool fascinates me as a centuries old, marvelous outcome of the interdependence between humans and sheep. After dogs, sheep are the second oldest domesticated animal to make friends with humans, and I hope to celebrate this mutual dependency and the beauty of raw fiber in my work.”
- Jessica Switzer Green, Owner & Fiber Artist at JG SWITZER
