CONNIE LIPPERT •   SENECA, SC

Connie Lippert has received numerous artist grants from the South Carolina Arts Commission. Her work is represented in museum, corporate, academic, and private collections and her tapestries have been published in several books including Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond by Tommye Scanlin; The Art is the Cloth by Micala Sidore; and The Art of Tapestry Weaving by Rebecca Mezoff. Author Carole Green also documented Lipper's personal journey with weaving in Connie Lippert: A Wedge Weaver’s Storied Cloth.

In addition to exhibiting extensively in thirty states, Lippert has taught wedge weave workshops and given seminars in California, New York, Michigan, Colorado, New Mexico, Georgia, Florida, New Jersey, South Carolina, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin.  

"My tapestries are woven in wedge weave using yarns hand-dyed with natural materials.

Wedge weave is a tapestry weave originated by the Navajo around 1870 and practiced by them for two or three decades.  In contrast to most weaving which is woven horizontally on the loom, wedge weave is woven on the diagonal which gives it its characteristic scalloped edge.  This trait, which I find intriguing, is thought to be one of the reasons the Navajo abandoned it. 

The colors in my palette are created with natural dyes – mainly indigo, madder, goldenrod, cochineal, and black walnut.  As a result, I have become aware of the rich local history of indigo, once considered blue gold in the state of South Carolina, where I live.  My yarns are hand-dyed using indigo leaves from my garden, goldenrod gathered in the fall, black walnut hulls from a friend’s tree, as well as other natural dyes.

My work celebrates nature and the spirit that reveres the natural world.  My message is one of environmental respect and protection."


ASSOCIATED EXHIBITIONS

LOWEL LEVEL GALLERY

Opening Reception: Friday, January 5th (5-7pm)

January 5 - February 21, 2024
SMALL FORMAT GALLERY
January 6 - February 22, 2023
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November 23, 2021 - January 1, 2022
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LOWER LEVEL GALLERY
July 2 - August 27, 2021
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Online Exhibition
April 30 - July 31, 2020
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Online Exhibition
April 17 - June 1, 2020

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CONNIE LIPPERT

January 19, 2023