Ferne Jacobs
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Ferne Jacobs, who is also known as Ferne K. Jacobs and Ferne Kent Jacobs is an American fiber artist and basket maker.
Life
She was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1942[1] to Jewish parents who emigrated from Eastern Europe. Her family moved to Los Angeles when Ferne was young. She took art and craft classes at the Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, California, 1960-1963), the Pratt Institute (New York City, 1964-1965), San Diego State University (San Diego, California, 1965), California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach, California, 1966-1967), Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Deer Isle, Maine, 1967-1971). She earned an MFA from Claremont Graduate University (Claremont, California) in 1976.[2][3] She credits Dominic di Mare, Lenore Tawney and Arline M. Fisch as her inspirations. Jacobs lives in Los Angeles, California.
Jacobs is best known for her contemporary baskets that combine contemporary colors and non-traditional forms with ancient basket weaving techniques of knotting and twisting.[4] The Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House (formerly The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu), the Mint Museum of Art (Charlotte, North Carolina) and the Smithsonian American Art Museum are among the public collections holding works by Ferne Jacobs.[5][6]
References
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Further reading
- Peters, Jan, Kevin Wallace and Ray Leier, Baskets: Tradition and Beyond, Cincinnati, Ohio, North Light Books, 2000.
- Trapp, Kenneth R. and Ferne Jacobs, Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection, Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University Art Museum, 2006.
External links
- Interview with Ferne Jacobs
- Ferne Jacobs at Nancy Margolis Gallery
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- Jewish American artists
- Living people
- 1942 births
- Artists from Los Angeles
- Claremont Graduate University alumni
- San Diego State University alumni
- Pratt Institute alumni
- ArtCenter College of Design alumni
- 20th-century American women artists
- American women textile artists
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American women
- Textile artists from California