Working in fibers is a natural medium for Marilyn. As a child she learned to embroider, knit, crochet, and sew. Her love of fiber work continued into adulthood adding spinning, weaving and basketry to her fiber vocabulary. As a basket artist she has shown her work nationally and regionally, and has taught at national conventions and conferences. She has written several articles for publication in such periodicals as The News Basket, Basket Bits and Piecework. Her work can be seen in Fiberarts Design Books, three, four, and five, as well as Baskets A Book for Makers and Collectors, by Billie Ruth Sudduth and Baskets Tradition and Beyond, by Leir, Peters and Wallace, Textile Techniques in Metal, for Jewelers Textile Artists and Sculptors by Arline Fisch. Her work can be found in public and private collections around the country and she has won awards for her work at every level. She holds a BFA with an emphasis in fiber from the University of Washington. Living in Seattle Washington, she continues to explore the vessel form physically and metaphorically. As a long time member of the Seattle Weavers Guild and the Vi Phillips Northwest Basketry Guild Marilyn has more recently joined the, National Basketry Organization, Friends of Fiber Arts International, Northwest Designer Craftsmen, Northeast Basketmakers Guild, Association of Michigan Basketmakers, and the Indiana Basketmakers Association.

marilyn@marilynmoore.net