Elizabeth Jenkins Open Front Jacket, Handmade/Rare, Estimated Size XL, Artistic

Handmade in Taos, New Mexico by textile artisan Elizabeth Jenkins. Mandarin collar Open front Pockets Hand Woven with Hand Dyed Yarns Some shiny gold thread woven throughout Measurements shown in pictures, pit to pit and length There are some pulls and some pilling as this is a handmade piece. Please examine pictures closely. FROM THE ARTIST “My work is about color and texture. I have been weaving fabric and making garments since 1979. I started collecting textiles in the mid 1970's. At the time, I traveled extensively in Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. The connection between hand-woven textiles and the Indian's lives and culture fascinated and intrigued me. It was at this time that I decided to become a weaver. I moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1978 and bought a loom. I learned the basics of loom weaving in Vermont in 1975 but my sense of color and contrast came from my connection to indigenous cultures. In 1990 and 1991, I traveled to Indonesia with my family to collect and study the textiles there. Later, in 2002, I made a similar trip to Thailand. Most recently in my quest to collect and study textiles I have returned to Thailand and also traveled to Laos North Vietnam and Japan. I am basically a self-taught weaver. The creative process in my work is very intuitive and non-linear. My sense of color is connected to my spirit and the realization that color is life. Presently I am doing a discharge dye process on the woven fabric off of the loom.”