Reflections

When I started working from what I really loved, from the land, then my work became stronger because it was more honest.
--Cynthia Schira

The ethereal surface of Reflections is created by the added wefts (the horizontal threads) to form nonstructural surface patterning and twining, a technique in which two or more strands of the weft continuously twist around the warp (the vertical threads). The delicate sheen of the subtly dyed first layer conjures a misty atmosphere. The horizontal orientation suggests the flatness of the artist's Kansas environment.
Cynthia Schira fuses the essence of a landscape within the structure of her fiber works. She uses the woven materials to affect the perception of the work, rendering aspects of both her medium and subject invisible and creating an ease between the two. Her works poetically evoke deep feelings related to a place.