Daryl Lancaster

Between the sewing machine and the loom, Daryl’s journey in the fiber arts has taken over 40 years. From production hand-woven clothing, to custom art to wear, her work has covered, adorned, and embellished the female body for as long as she can remember. She uses clothing as a canvas, it is the covering for our body which is the covering for our soul.” Instead of using clothing to hide figure flaws and perceived defects, we should be using clothing to celebrate the soul within, to sing, to decorate, to embellish, and what better vehicle than something that has come from our own hands.” Her art garments use piecing techniques to recycle anything that resembles fiber. “The use of recycled fibers, handwovens, animal furs, old bits of embellishment, allows me to revisit the past, not to dwell on what wasn't, but to learn and enjoy from past mistakes and experiences which have shaped who I have become. Old work becomes new raw material. Our lives are a constant process of recycled experiences. “