Marilyn L. Geary is a native Californian born in the once orchard-carpeted Santa Clara Valley. In the 1970s, she first sat at the loom in a Noe Valley studio to learn from a Swedish weaver. Ever since, she has gathered and twined the multi-colored, textured threads of her life—the author, oral historian, Italophile and fiber artist—into a tapestry whose design is still emerging.
StatementI usually create fiber art from organic materials and natural dyes, but for this piece I chose materials from the streets, including scraps of a San Francisco newspaper containing an article aimed at the ‘unhoused’ problem.
As a young child, none of us imagines a future sleeping on the streets, yet with a quick flick of fortune’s wheel, this person could be you or me, your son, your daughter, or mine.
