Join me in topics of interest to fiber lovers—from the meditative aspect of the work, to the creative and even scientific—as I share experiences behind my ongoing creative projects. Visit the Saga Hill Blogs: Wordpress.com (former blog) and Blogspot.com (current blog).
2022–2023 American Swedish Institute Teaching Tools Grant
I was awarded a teaching tools grant for acquiring flax processing tools for ongoing use in classes and presentations at the American Swedish Institute and other venues.
Go to my blog at Blogspot.com to watch the progress of making the flax brake and other activities related to the grant.
“Earthly Coat”
An outdoor exhibition at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
a jury-awarded installation for Dirt-O-Rama, an outdoor exhibition, June – October, 2012
Designer:
Wendy J. Johnson, Saga Hill Designs
Collaborators:
Colleen Werdien (The Cat That Walks on Water)
Clark Babler (West End Welding)
Materials used:
Coat – Wool felt; dyed and undyed protein and cellulose fibers. Armature – steel pipe and wire.
Artistic Statement:
It’s a perfect circle of life: As soil beautifully clothes the earth's mantle, soil also clothes us. Fibers used in clothing originate in the soil (directly or indirectly) and eventually become soil again. Earthly Coat encourages us to think about how we dress with “dirt” every day.
Check out my blog & follow the process of creating this exhibit.
“High Voltage Above Wisconsin”
Alumni Invitational Exhibition
a digitally altered photograph shown at an exhibition at the Hillstrom Museum of Art, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, November – January, 2011
“1 in 10,000”
An outdoor installation at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
a jury-awarded installation for Tree-ology, an outdoor exhibition, April–October, 2008
“1 in 10,000” refers to the statistical fact that only 1 out of 10,000 acorns survives to become a tree. Using 100 gazing globes of various sizes, resting under a majestic oak, this exhibit reflected on the incredible odds of this tree’s existence and encouraged the viewer to see themselves as present in the life of the tree.
