Work Details
Dry Bones
Handwoven linen shifu warp ikat, gold leaf
31 X 52 inches
Inventory ID: #17066
About Polly Barton
Polly Barton is a nationally recognized artist who has been working in fiber for over thirty years. She is known for adapting the ancient weaving technique of ikat tying and dyeing into contemporary woven imagery.
As a young artist, Polly Barton points to her formative job as the personal assistant to Helen Frankenthaler, from whom she observed the inner drive, resilience, and intention necessary for an artist. The year was an introduction to the challenges and rewards of the New York art world. In 1981, she moved to Kameoka, Japan and lived in the religious heart of the Oomoto Foundation to study with master weaver, Tomohiko Inoue. She practiced tea ceremony, calligraphy and Noh Drama with Oomoto’s master teachers.
Barton continues to weave and shows her woven ikats on both coasts. Her work is in many collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Community Hospital Foundation of Monte Rey, the Longhouse Reserve in New York. Her work has been published in numerous magazines including Hali Magazine, FiberArts, Surface Design Journal and American Craft. She is a member of the Textile Society of America, the Surface Design Association, the Textile Study Group of New York, and the Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Association. She enjoys lecturing and teaching workshops to weaving guilds and conferences around the country.
All Works by Polly Barton
Dry Bones
Handwoven linen shifu warp ikat, gold leaf
31 X 52 inches
Inventory ID: #17066
Indigo Pulse
Silk ikat warp & weft, 5 loom width
50 X 81 inches
Inventory ID: #17068
Soundings
Silk warp ikat, painted dye, pictorial weft ikat
24 X 49.50 inches
Inventory ID: #17071
Alabaster Dawn
2015
Silk, double ikat, fan reed
18.5 X 16.5 inches Framed
Inventory ID: #17073
Harvest
2014
Weft ikat w/ viscose coated rayon, silk warp
20 X 30 inches
Inventory ID: #17010
Field Notation
2016
Silk warp, silk & metallic weft, double ikat
46 X 31 inches
Inventory ID: #16963
Shifting Haze
2000
Silk double ikat, woven in 3 panels
21.5 X 47.50 inches
Inventory ID: #16966
Anchor
2020
Silk, double ikat w/ additional dye
64.5 X 31.50 inches
Inventory ID: #16633
Surfacing
2021
Handwoven linen paper and mixed media
18.25 X 16.25 inches Framed
Inventory ID: #16638
Fierce Solace
2021
Handwoven linen paper and mixed media
18.25 X 16.25 inches Framed
Inventory ID: #16639
Burnished
2012
Handwoven silk, metallic thread, pigment, indigo
20 X 18 inches Framed
Inventory ID: #16251
Amulet
2019
Papyrus stitched w/ metallic thread
16.5 X 12 inches
Inventory ID: #16244
Untitled
2019
Papyrus, spun paper
24 X 19.5 inches Framed
Inventory ID: #16356