About the Artist
Rebecca Marie was born and raised in Connecticut. Growing up, she always dabbled in the arts, to include poetry. An Army photojournalist and combat veteran, she became a full-time mother with a passion for mentorship and helping others. When she isn't adventuring in nature, you can find her at the spinning wheel or spending time with her daughter and furbabies.
Methodology
My first love was knitting where yarn began to speak to me. I would sit on the floor by my great-grandmother's lap as she taught me. Carrying on this tradition and passing it down to future generations is something she would be proud of.
The truth is, I can sit for hours with the biggest tangled mass of yarn and be completely content and calm. It’s soothing. As I figure it out, it gives me time to internalize and figure myself out. I take different perspectives on situations and come to different conclusions. Agree to disagree. And as I come to my resolution the clouds part and I’ve got a tightly wound skein with no knots. A fog clears, that I didn’t even know was around me. All is right in the world once more. Centered.
Weaving and spinning – where do I begin? It’s methodical, it’s continuous, yet at the same time has a beginning and end. It listens to your hands, and no matter how much your brain is going, it never interrupts. Only when you are too upset and being too abrasive with the fiber – you snap the yarn. I never realize it until it happens. It forces you to be calm. And if you’re not in the mood, or just cannot seem to get in the zone, it is simply not the day for it. Find something else to do, and try again later. There’s always tomorrow.
Maybe it’s my orm of meditation. But it centers me. It doesn’t matter if I make sales, as I refuse to allow consumerism dictate my soul and my business. And to be honest, if I don’t do it for awhile I tend to get irate. I need it.
I did not choose to be a fiber artist, it chose me.