Artist 

Lisa Wilde

My attraction to clothe, fiber, and threads began as a child. Growing up watching my grandmother, a true renaissance woman, exemplify what it really means to ‘do it yourself.’ Whether it was making dresses from her old curtains or taking a pottery class to make her own bird bath, her attitude was the epitome of manifesting ideas into form. Though artistic in her own right, she was raised by tailors whose family business, The Wild Brothers, began in Michigan during the early 1900’s.

Nurturing my own innate passion for textile arts, it was a gift to grow up in an environment surrounded by creators and makers. Both personally and vocationally, this work has led me to pursuing a career as a Waldorf Handwork teacher. Drawn to the intention of the Waldorf curriculum that provides a framework for developing practical intelligence through working with the hands, I’ve been teaching children and adults the textile arts of weaving, plant dyeing, felting, and sewing over the past 35 years.