Ferne Jacobs

Ferne Jacobs
Ferne Jacobs in 1972
Born1942
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality (legal)American
EducationArt Center College of Design,
Pratt Institute,
San Diego State University,
Claremont Graduate University
Known forFiber arts
'Snow Circles', coiled and twined waxed linen thread by Ferne Jacobs, 1999, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Ferne Jacobs, who is also known as Ferne K. Jacobs and Ferne Kent Jacobs is an American fiber artist and basket maker.

Life

She was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1942[1] to Jewish parents who emigrated from Eastern Europe. Her family moved to Los Angeles when Ferne was young. She took art and craft classes at the Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, California, 1960-1963), the Pratt Institute (New York City, 1964-1965), San Diego State University (San Diego, California, 1965), California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach, California, 1966-1967), Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Deer Isle, Maine, 1967-1971). She earned an MFA from Claremont Graduate University (Claremont, California) in 1976.[2][3] She credits Dominic di Mare, Lenore Tawney and Arline M. Fisch as her inspirations. Jacobs lives in Los Angeles, California.

Jacobs is best known for her contemporary baskets that combine contemporary colors and non-traditional forms with ancient basket weaving techniques of knotting and twisting.[4] The Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House (formerly The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu), the Mint Museum of Art (Charlotte, North Carolina) and the Smithsonian American Art Museum are among the public collections holding works by Ferne Jacobs.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Heller, Jules (2013-12-19). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century. doi:10.4324/9781315051680. ISBN 9781315051680.
  2. ^ "Ferne Jacobs". Nancy Margolis Gallery. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  3. ^ Heller, Jules (2013-12-19). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century. doi:10.4324/9781315051680. ISBN 9781315051680.
  4. ^ "The Basket Forms of Ferne Jacobs". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  5. ^ "The Basket Forms of Ferne Jacobs". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  6. ^ Heller, Jules (2013-12-19). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century. doi:10.4324/9781315051680. ISBN 9781315051680.

Further reading

  • Peters, Jan, Kevin Wallace and Ray Leier, Baskets: Tradition and Beyond, Cincinnati, Ohio, North Light Books, 2000.
  • Trapp, Kenneth R. and Ferne Jacobs, Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection, Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University Art Museum, 2006.

External links

  • Interview with Ferne Jacobs
  • Ferne Jacobs at Nancy Margolis Gallery
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Lucy M. Lewis (1985)
Margret Craver (1986)
Peter Voulkos (1986)
Gerry Williams (1986)
Lenore Tawney (1987)
Sam Maloof (1988)
Ed Rossbach (1990)
John Prip (1992)
Beatrice Wood (1992)
Alma Eikerman (1993)
Douglass Morse Howell (1993)
Marianne Strengell (1993)
Robert C. Turner (1993)
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Toshiko Takaezu (1994)
Rudolf Staffel (1995)
Bob Stocksdale (1995)
Jack Lenor Larsen (1996)
Ronald Hayes Pearson (1996)
June Schwarcz (1996)
Wendell Castle (1997)
Ruth Duckworth (1997)
Sheila Hicks (1997)
Kenneth Ferguson (1998)
Karen Karnes (1998)
Warren MacKenzie (1998)
Rudy Autio (1999)
Dominic Di Mare (1999)
L. Brent Kington (2000)
Cynthia Schira (2000)
Arline Fisch (2001)
Gertrud Natzler (2001)
Otto Natzler (2001)
Don Reitz (2002)
Kay Sekimachi (2002)
William Daley (2003)
Fred Fenster (2005)
Dale Chihuly (2006)
Paul Soldner (2008)
Katherine Westphal (2009)
Albert Paley (2010)
Stephen De Staebler (2012)
Betty Woodman (2014)
Gerhardt Knodel (2016)
Jun Kaneko (2018)
Joyce J. Scott (2020)
Jim Bassler (2022)
Lia Cook (2022)
Richard Marquis (2022)
Judy Kensley McKie (2022)
John McQueen (2022)
Patti Warashina (2022)
Nick Cave (2024)
Wendy Maruyama (2024)
Anne Wilson (2024)