Ursula Pedersen
(415) 479-0343

Education/professional experience:

AA College of Marin

For 10 years was owner of Ursula's Nature Designs featuring handmade
pressed flower designs.

Completed fiber sculpture and fabric printing programs at College of Marin as well as numerous other art classes.


Artist's Statement:

The majority of my fiber sculpture works are crocheted, some representing objects such as food, some allegorical, some free-form sculptures integrating found natural objects, and a few entirely combined natural materials. Impressions from my travels are reflected in my art quilts. My mother taught me to crochet as a young child in Poland. Crocheting connects me to my childhood memories and to the stories she told me.

Selected Exhibitions:

2009 The Soft Show: A juried show of Northern California, Artists working in soft media
2009 Foundry Gallery, Sacramento
2009 Napa Valley Mustard Festival
2008 Marin County Fair
2007 Mustard Festival
2007 Marin County Fair
2007 Marin Society of Artists "Open Crafts & Sculpture Show"
2006 Marin County Fair
2006 Marin Society of Artists "Open Crafts & Sculpture Show"
2005 Marin County Fair
2004 Exploding Head Gallery, "Artful Table"
2004 Marin County Fair
2003 Marin County Fair, Fair Theme Award
2003 Marin Society of Artists "Fine Arts Show"
2002 Artisans Gallery First National Show, gift certificate award
2002 Marin Society of Artists "Open Craft & Sculpture Show", 1st place
2001 Marin County Fair, "Fine Arts" category, 2nd place
2001 Sebastopol Center for the Arts "A Fine Hand"

Selected Collections:
2004 quilt to private collector
2003 fiber sculpture entitled "Fire Works" to a private collector
2002 fiber sculpture entitled "A Rose is a Rose is a Rose" the di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
2002 art quilt entitled "Desert Wash" the di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California