Alma Lesch with natural dyed yarn 1960 embroidered stitchery above fireplace mantel first shown in Kentucky State Fair. Between 1960-1964 Alma Lesch won 30 ribbons exhibiting at Kentucky State Fair, Louisville.
Photo documentation, textile and fiber information, biographical info and web links to Alma Lesch, Shepherdsville, Kentucky's textile artist, author and teacher w/common threads to regional LAFTA members and the national "art cloth" movement.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
1965
Alma Lesch in her basement studio, umbrella armature becomes "Jezabel, That Woman" fabric portrait (photo above scroll to find). Ceramic kiln on left.
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