Soap a textile?...

Can soap be considered an art form, and a textile one at that?
I believe so.

The kindergoat- milk soap I make is obviously created with the eye of a textile artist, which I have been learning from my dear friend and mentor, Pat Showalter. Pat worked with textiles specializing in using small hand-dyed batches of fiber to create images that are as full of depth, color and texture as a painting.



Her work is displayed throughout the country.





Migrating from the textile world as she became involved in the development of the Kindergoat breed, she began soap making all the while retaining her textile design elements, which is
part of her personal- fiber make-up: color, texture, attention to detail and beauty.



This she is passing on to me, and it has been great fun as I "experiment" alongside her and ask..."can we try and match this?" and she enthusiastically replies, every time, "why not? Can't hurt to try!".







As a consequence, this unique kindergoat-milk soap can, in fact, be considered a textile.

It has all the color, texture and luxury of a finely made garment as it lovingly drapes the body.

Catherine

Still catches my breath...

When I first saw Kaela's pictures, I literally gasped! I asked her to photograph some of my work so that I could have an accurate representation of the depth of color and texture. She did it!
Kaela, who owns Serendipity Photography in Duvall, WA does amazing work. I knew her from a family portrait session she did. She took the photos in my profile. We had a lot of laughs trying to keep the goats still...the secret...peanuts behind the cello!

With spring quickly approaching, my fiber has been sitting idle for the time being as I have been busy pursuing my other passion, piano.

I have been busy working on several musicals as well as accompanying in several local school districts, teaching and playing for the Sammamish Symphony.

There are just not enough hours nor seconds in the day to do everything, so my textile world will have to go on hiatus until summer.


Besides, the fruit trees are beginning to awake...

Catherine