Kirsten Liebl
Weavings

Exhibition at Whitcomb’s Arts
November 28 through January 27
Gallery open Wednesday-Saturday, 12-4pm

Reception on Friday, January 19, 5-8:00pm
Artist Talk at 6:00

Kirsten Liebl harvests wool from her own mixed-breed sheep to create the weavings on display at Whitcomb’s Gallery.  The dyes are made from native plants that she cultivates on her farm, resulting in a blend of vibrant and muted colors. 

Kirsten’s weavings are just the most visible part of her work. Behind her art are years of horticulture training and a dedication to regenerative farming. She runs a farm outside Westport, with partner Taylor Lefleur, where the goal is to “utilize sheep to create an ecologically diverse system to produce high quality wool, wine and flora.” In the future, we will be able to stop at Wollecru for a bottle of wine, a cut of lamb and vegetables for dinner, a perennial to plant in the garden, or a beautiful woven blanket that will last a lifetime.

Join us on Friday, January 19 for a reception and conversation with Kirsten about her life as an artist-farmer.

“I love the unpredictability of what I will be doing each day… The combination of thinking artistically, using horticultural knowledge, problem solving, and physical work makes each day a satisfying endeavor. — Kirsten Liebl

Kirsten Liebl studied Physics and Art History in college where she also learned to weave. After graduating, her love of horticulture brought her to Essex Farm. There, she learned the entirety of the wool cycle, starting with the joys of raising sheep. A short time later, while working as the cut flower and vegetable grower at Echo Farm, she bought her own sheep and a professional loom and Wollecru was born.