Nancy MacKenzie is an internationally recognized fiber artist from Stillwater, MN. Her bold, sculptural wall pieces and wearable art have been exhibited and collected across the United States, as well as in Asia and Latin America. Her work is included in the permanent collections of The Goldstein Museum, University of Minnesota; Issey Miyake, Tokyo, Japan; The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN; and the Minnesota Contemporary Crafts Collection of the Minnesota History Center, St. Paul.

Nancy’s recent wall pieces have become increasingly sculptural. “The baling twine that I collect from my neighbor’s fence posts serves my delight in scavenging and recycling. When it is sewn into channels, it stiffens soft fabrics and encourages sculptural manipulation. It invites combination with my hand dyed textiles as well as selections from my hoard of commercial fibers and found objects such as recycled plastic netting, wine corks, pyrometric cones, plastic industrial tubing, coffee filters and twigs. I enjoy the challenge of improvising techniques to solve the engineering and aesthetic problems that emerge in the process of construction.”

In February 2011, Nancy was featured on the tpt series MN Original. Watch the video here.