My
name is Linda Kittmer and I’m from a relatively small town, Georgetown,
Ontario, which is about thirty minutes outside of Toronto.
I
consider myself a fibre artist foremost, but I also do mixed media
work, art journalling and photography, and these various passions
sometimes cross over into one another. Although I have always been
interested in art, and took some art classes in high school and
university, once I started working as a teacher, my art was put on the
back burner while I worked full time and raised my son.
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| 'My Year Unraveled' which is a large piece (18"x24") done entirely in heavy bead embroidery, which journals my life during 2012, with each individual piece representing a month in the year, starting with January in the centre and spiralling out to the end of the year. |
Having
grown up in Kitchener, near Mennonite communities, I saw a lot of
quilts and always admired them. Although there are no quilters in my
family, in 1999, I decided to teach myself to quilt. I began as a self
taught traditional quilter. Although I used some patterns, I quickly
discovered that I preferred creating my own unique designs. Being a
prolific quilter, I quickly ran out of beds, sofas and cribs to cover.
This was also the time when I discovered that the traditional quilt
guild was no longer meeting my creative needs.
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| 'Out of the Blue' deals with
the struggle to escape depression |
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| This is a face on a bag that won 1st place in an "ugly fabric" challenge |
I have a blog, http://lindakittmer.blogspot.ca, where I post about my artistic passions. Art is relaxing and
therapeutic and I make every effort to spend time in my studio each and
every day. For me, art is the answer...no matter what the question!