Meet the Artists Reception at Micropolis Art Gallery

November 6! “Meet the Artists Reception” from 4 to 6pm in the gallery. The work of fiber artists Darius Homayounpour and Steven Ziglar will be featured.

Darius Homayounpour earned his MFA in textiles at the University of Hawaii in 2000. He has training in textile conservation and worked as Collection Manager in the Textile Department of the Honolulu Museum of Art. He taught courses in Asian Costume History and Industrial Textile Production at the University of Hawaii and has exhibited and taught art classes for over 25 years. Raised in Hawaii, Homayounpour has long interpreted historic textile forms and structures using various methods and materials, including handmade paper, hand-woven cloth, and shibori. Shibori is a Japanese manual resist-dyeing technique that creates patterns on fabric by binding, folding, stitching, or clamping it so the dye doesn’t soak evenly. It’s commonly made using indigo on textiles like cotton or silk.

Steven Ziglar currently lives in Cooperstown, NY, but draws his artistic inspiration from years working in marketing in New York City, the Berkshires and the Boston area. His artwork has been featured in one-person and group exhibitions in these areas. Ziglar has always been fascinated with texture and color. It comes as no surprise that he gravitated to weaving as an artistic expression over 40 years ago. His towels, scarves, and rugs have always been noted for their colorful combinations and texture. Hand-dyed yarns and cloth strips are often part of his work, as are a fine selection of commercially produced yarns and cloth strips. Ziglar currently works exclusively on a 16-shaft Louet dobby loom.

In addition to the artwork of Homayounpour and Ziglar, the gallery is filled with paintings, drawings, pastels, photographs, fiber art, mixed media, glass, digital art, jewelry, pottery, woodland assemblages, baskets, turned items of exotic wood and fine art cards by the members of Micropolis Cooperative, Inc. The reception is free and open to the public. The show runs through December.