Light the Darkness

Joan Blade Johnson is a Hampton, Connecticut based fiber artist who exhibits nationally and internationally. She is a longtime lover of all things fiber and sells her art quilts and Eco Printed silk scarves in a number of Connecticut galleries, and at artisan and museum gift shops.

Joan is a Registered Dietitian and worked as a Nutrition Consultant, and as Adjunct Faculty in Clinical Dietetics at UConn, before making the career change to full time Fiber Artist. She started out by taking quilting classes many years ago to learn traditional construction methods and then became more interested in creating “Art Quilts” using a variety of surface design techniques.

Joan’s fiber wall art is most often inspired by nature and her original nature photography, and expressed through textile, thread and other fibers. She creates her own fabric using non-traditional methods and materials such as commercial or plant-based dyes, paints, printing & rusting. Once the fabric and composition are created, she enhances it with machine stitch to create texture and dimension.

Joan’s fiber art is currently exhibited at Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, Connecticut.