PORT TOWNSEND — Peninsula Fiber Artists have installed a walk-by exhibit called “Steampunk in Fiber” in Uptown Port Townsend.
The exhibit is open 24 hours a day in the Fiber Habit Window, 675 Tyler St., through July 31.
The display is composed of sculptures, art quilts and jewelry showcasing gnomes, gears and other critters. Some pieces feature found objects while others were inspired by caches of decades-old watch movements.
Several of the pieces are available for sale directly from the artists.
Peninsula Fiber Artists is an association of textile artists from Jefferson, Kitsap and Clallam counties.
Participating artists include Merrie Jo Schneider of Port Angeles, and Leslie Dickinson, Angie Dideum, Caryl Fallert-Gentry, Pat Herkal, Mary Morrison, Debra E. Olson, Janice Speck, Ellen Thomas from Port Townsend.
The group will open an exhibit, “Salish Seasons,” on Aug. 1 at the Mead Werks at Wilderbee Farm, 223 Cook Ave. Ext., Port Townsend, and “Fiber on the Strait” on Aug. 18 in the Laura Cooksey Gallery at Field Arts & Event Hall, 201 W. Front St., Port Angeles.
For more information, visit www.sda-np.com/fiberhabit.
